Peter Magubane

thumb|Peter Magubane received a doctorate in literature (honoris causa) from UCT in 2010. Here he signs UCT’s Golden Book. Peter Sexford Magubane OMSS (18 January 1932 – 1 January 2024) was a South African photographer and anti-apartheid activist. He began taking photos as a school boy and started professional photography at the Drum. Magubane became one of the first black photographers in South Africa under mentorship of chief photographer Jürgen Schadeberg at the Drum. Quotes I was not allowed to take pictures. It was even worse because I was black. Now I was fighting, I was fighting for my rights and to get the pictures for the newspaper. The only way to show the world is with pictures. You can write a whole book, but I’ll give you one picture that will show the whole world the extent of apartheid and the kind of beast it is. I would walk the streets of Johannesburg taking pictures, refining my craft. I wanted to be one of the best photojournalists and show the world how apartheid operated, what was going on in my country. External links Category: People from South Africa Category: Photographers from South Africa Category: 1932 births Category: 2024 deaths Category:Anti-apartheid activists