Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| Information requests |
| 1 | Improving content on the history of photography in this country and how you can help |
| Introduction |
| 2 | Introduction to photography in South Africa |
| Ethnic Groups |
| 3 | Peoples of South Africa |
| 4 | Zulus |
| 5 | B.W. Caney: South Africans |
| 6 | Wilhelm Bleek & Lucy Lloyd: Studies of Bushmen in South Africa |
| 7 | Gustav Fritsch: Die Eingeborenen Süd-Afrika's: ethnographisch und anatomisch beschrieben (1872) |
| 8 | Alfred M. Duggan-Cronin: The Bantu Tribes of South Africa (1928-1954) |
| Expeditions and travel |
| 9 | James Chapman: Chapman Expedition in South Africa (1862-1864) |
| 10 | Henry Anderson Bryden: Gun and Camera in Southern Africa (1893) |
| Natural resources and mining |
| 11 | South Africa: Diamond mining areas around Kimberley and Griqualand-West |
| 12 | Unidentified photographer: South African Gold Mining - Durban Roddepoort Deep Mine |
| Wars - Anglo-Zulu War (1879) |
| 13 | Anglo-Zulu War (1879) |
| 14 | Death of the Prince Imperial (Prince Louis-Napoléon) - Killed 1st June, 1879, on the Hyotoyozi river. South Africa |
| Wars - Boer War (1899-1902) |
| 15 | Boer War (1899-1902) |
| 16 | Underwood & Underwood: South Africa: The Boer War (1899-1902) |
| 17 | Boer War (1899-1902): Fabrications |
| Photojournalism |
| 18 | Drum |
| 19 | Photojournalism in South Africa |
| 20 | David Goldblatt: In Boksburg |
| 21 | David Goldblatt: Particulars |
| Psychological explorations |
| 22 | Roger Ballen: Shadow Chamber |
