Private Subjects

John Peffer is Professor of Art History at Ramapo College of New Jersey and author of Art and the End of Apartheid.

Introduction: What photography was for us  1
Part I. Sample Album
1. We need to respect each other’s space  21
2. They were never hung in my house  23
3. I can imagine the ladies  28
4. That picture was always moving  35
5. It’s better when you have a stamp  38
6. Zulu dancers, yes  47
7. It was during the khehla  51
8. Ishayile, when you knock off  55
9. Lazarus  58
10. Sharp Shooter and sunglasses  65
11. Onderdorp  80
12. Ekstra mooi  90
13. She used to take pictures before going to work  101
14. These are all our deities  108
15. Zombietown  113
16. Peach tree  119
17. They took two and made it one  122
18. I had my own personal issues  136
19. if you knew him, you could tell  138
20. Definitely 1975  143
21. Where they are laughing  150
22. That will make a dream  157
Part II. Owners of Their Faces
23. A litany for opacity  169
24. Distributed persons  183
25. Copyright and portrait photography  198
26. Privacy and portrait photography  193
27. I !@#$%&*own Seydou Keïta  202
28. Best practices  207
Acknowledgments  217
Notes  221
Bibliography  233
Index