Casting Shadows: Images from a New South Africa

by Edward West

Edward West uses the metaphorical power of shadow to foreground the shifting visibility of South Africa's black population post apartheid. From 1997-1999, he traveled in South Africa to photograph the country's townships, squatter camps, and locations during this historic time of transition. In focusing on the private moments of these newly empowered people within their own communities, West has created a complex, visually compelling study of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295981180
• ISBN13: 9780295981185
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.4" x 11.4"