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Ernest Cole

Artist text follows.

Biographical information

1940

born as Ernest Levi Tsoloane Cole in Eersterust, Pretoria, South Africa

1958

applies for a job with Drum magazine and gets employed as an assistant to Jürgen Schadeberg

1960s

starts to freelance for clients such as Drum, the Rand Daily Mail, The World and the Sunday Express as South Africa’s first black freelance photographer

1966

leaves South Africa and moves to New York City, USA

1967

publishes the book "House of Bondage", which leads to the apartheid regime banning him in perpetuity

1990

dies in New York City, USA

Gallery

Ernest Cole
New recruits to mine labor, from the series "House of Bondage", South Africa, 1960s

37 x 55 cm, gelatin silver print

Ernest Cole
Pass raid outside Johannesburg Station, from the series "House of Bondage", South Africa, 1960s

37 x 55 cm, gelatin silver print

Ernest Cole
Handcuffed, from the series "House of Bondage", South Africa, 1960s

37 x 55 cm, gelatin silver print

Ernest Cole
Segregated Housing, from the series "House of Bondage", South Africa, 1960s

37 x 55 cm, gelatin silver print

Ernest Cole
Servant, from the series "House of Bondage", South Africa, 1960s

37 x 55 cm, gelatin silver print

Ernest Cole
Students kneel on floor to write, from the series "House of Bondage", South Africa, 1960s

37 x 55 cm, gelatin silver print

Ernest Cole
Doornfontein Railway Station in rush hour, from the series "House of Bondage", South Africa, 1960s

37 x 55 cm, gelatin silver print

Ernest Cole
Segregation Signage, from the series "House of Bondage", South Africa, 1960s

37 x 55 cm, gelatin silver print

Ernest Cole
Boys caught trespassing in a white area, from the series "House of Bondage", South Africa, 1960s

37 x 55 cm, gelatin silver print

Ernest Cole
Johannesburg Station platform during rush hour, from the series "House of Bondage", South Africa, 1960s

37 x 55 cm, gelatin silver print

Ernest Cole
Segregation Signage, from the series "House of Bondage", South Africa, 1960s

37 x 55 cm, gelatin silver print

Ernest Cole
Theophilus Tschangela lies alone, from the series "House of Bondage", South Africa, 1960s

37 x 55 cm, gelatin silver print

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