Cedric Nunn (born 1957) is a South African photographer best known for his photography depicting the country before and after the end of apartheid.
Nunn was born into a mixed-race family in Nongoma, KwaZulu, in 1957. He was raised in Hluhluwe, Mangete and Baynesfield. [1] He attended school in Ixopo KwaZulu-Natal up until standard eighth (Grade 10), when he was fifteen. [2] He moved to Johannesburg in 1982 and began working as a professional photographer at the age of 25. [3] Nunn became one of the prominent photographers to document apartheid resistance in the 1980s. [4] He went on to co-found Afrapix, a photographic collective that supplied newspapers outside South Africa with images of apartheid, with Paul Weinberg, Peter Mackenzie and Omar Badsha. [5] He served as the director for Market Photo Workshop, a photography school, gallery, and project space in Johannesburg, from 1998 to 2000. [6] Nunn was also a member of the national executive of the Professional Photographers of South Africa (PPSA). [7]
Nunn has worked for many nonprofits, newspapers, wire agencies, PR companies, and magazines. [8]
He has taught at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, the University of the Witwatersrand Wits School of Arts, and The School for International Training. [9]
Website: https://cedricnunn.co.za
In 2012, Nunn published the photography book Cedric Nunn: Call and Response. The book accompanied an exhibition of the same name that opened in Mozambique, New York, and various galleries in South Africa and Germany. [10]
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The following are photographic essay by Nunn. [13]
Cedric Nunn (born 1957) is a South African photographer best known for his photography depicting the country before and after the end of apartheid.
Nunn was born into a mixed-race family in Nongoma, KwaZulu, in 1957. He was raised in Hluhluwe, Mangete and Baynesfield. [1] He attended school in Ixopo KwaZulu-Natal up until standard eighth (Grade 10), when he was fifteen. [2] He moved to Johannesburg in 1982 and began working as a professional photographer at the age of 25. [3] Nunn became one of the prominent photographers to document apartheid resistance in the 1980s. [4] He went on to co-found Afrapix, a photographic collective that supplied newspapers outside South Africa with images of apartheid, with Paul Weinberg, Peter Mackenzie and Omar Badsha. [5] He served as the director for Market Photo Workshop, a photography school, gallery, and project space in Johannesburg, from 1998 to 2000. [6] Nunn was also a member of the national executive of the Professional Photographers of South Africa (PPSA). [7]
Nunn has worked for many nonprofits, newspapers, wire agencies, PR companies, and magazines. [8]
He has taught at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, the University of the Witwatersrand Wits School of Arts, and The School for International Training. [9]
Website: https://cedricnunn.co.za
In 2012, Nunn published the photography book Cedric Nunn: Call and Response. The book accompanied an exhibition of the same name that opened in Mozambique, New York, and various galleries in South Africa and Germany. [10]
This section of a
biography of a living person does not
include any
references or sources. (September 2019) |
The following are photographic essay by Nunn. [13]