ALF KUMALO: FOTOGRAFO SUIDAFRICANO EDITED BY ITALA VIVAN, ITALIAN EDITION

ALF KUMALO: FOTOGRAFO SUIDAFRICANO EDITED BY ITALA VIVAN, ITALIAN LIMITED EDITION, TEXT IN ENGLISH AND ITALIAN. SOFTCOVER, 1999, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR NAMES, 162 PAGES, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

This beautifully designed and printed album reproduces around 150 of Alf Kumalos photos, ranging from his work in the 1950s as a Drum staffer to photos of the 1990s. Four decades worth of some of the most striking photo-reportage produced in South Africa. Short essays by Mongane Wally Serote and others introduce the collection (Noris Lazzarini writes on the task of scouring the archives for negatives, in the search for adequate captions); the album closes with samples of page layouts from Drum, showing how the work first worked, and a biography of Kumalo by Itala Vivan.