portraits of cape town

It used to be that African photography was characterized by the "exotic" or the starving child with the distended belly and flies. Post-1994 apartheid, acclaimed artist Zwelethu Mthethwa focuses on the identity of South Africa--everyday life in rural and urban settings. We see individuals in their own environments, with their families, reminding us that there is more to Africa than its issues, there are its people.

And the saturated color is stunning.