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Exhibition: Pro Gallery
AN EYE FOR FREEDOM
PHOTOGRAPHS
BY GILLE DE VLIEG
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Exhibition: Pro Gallery
In 1982, Gille de Vlieg became a member of the anti-apartheid women’s organization, the Black Sash, in Johannesburg.
She participated in, and photographed, Black Sash protest ‘stands’, which entailed standing in public places holding signs and posters opposing the apartheid state, and she participated in campaigns against forced removals.
During the course of her activist work, de Vlieg took photographs to record what she saw, and to serve as evidence of the effects of violence to which she was witness.
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Exhibition: Pro Gallery
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In 1984, Paul Weinberg, documentary photographer and co-founder of the Afrapix photography collective, invited de Vlieg to join the organization. Her photographs were included in books and exhibitions and formed part of the weekly packages Afrapix sent overseas to draw attention to the struggle against apartheid.
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Exhibition: Pro Gallery