The True America

The True AmericaFrom the publisher: After fleeing South Africa to publish his landmark book House of Bondage (1967) on the horrors of apartheid, Cole resettled in New York. He photographed extensively on the streets of New York City and documented Black communities in cities and rural areas of the United Statestraveling across the country in the months leading up to and just after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The pictures reflect both a newfound

etching and monotype printing

much-coveted jewels in the Warhol crown

Organized thematically

I now ask myself: If the newspaper images displayed in my work are constructed by the U

“I look at what I do today as a kind of science of the picture plane

and South Africa in particular – proving

as well as ordinary men and women going about their daily lives

Newspapers presents another image of South Africa

and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years

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