And just as Europeans had shaped an Africa for their purposes, African photographers would create one for themselves.

There is a rich array of educational and training opportunities for South African photographers.

Jürgen Schadeberg (born 1931) is a South African photographer and artist.

He left the army in 1956, and later joined the Congopresse agency, as their first African photographer.

Bob Gosani (b. 1934 d. 1972) was a South African photographer.

The government detained a South African photographer in connection with the explosion, which shattered the newspaper's windows but injured no one.

Ernest Cole (1940 - 19 February 1990) was a South African photographer.

In 2005, Bensemra won the European Union prize for the best African photographer.

Peter Magubane (born 1932) is a South African photographer.

The exhibition is termed one of the first in-depth examinations of apartheid by South African photographers.