Jürgen Schadeberg
Jurgen Schadeberg was born in Berlin in 1931 and, while still in his teens, worked as an apprentice photographer for a German Press Agency in Hamburg. In 1950 he emigrated to South Africa and became Chief Photographer, Picture Editor and Art Director on Drum Magazine. It was during this time that Jurgen photographed pivotal moments in the lives of South Africans in the fifties. These photographs represent the life and struggle of South Africans during Apartheid and include important figures in South Africa’s history such as Nelson Mandela, Moroka, Walter Sisulu, Yusuf Dadoo, Huddleston and many others who have been documented at key moments such as during The Defiance Campaign of 1952, the Women’s March of 1955, led by Sophie Williams de Bruyn, Lillian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph and Rahima Moosa. The Treason Trial of 1958, The Sophiatown Removals and the Sharpeville Funeral in 1960. In 2020 he passed away aged at 89 in Spain.
