Sharpeville Funeral

CCAC #: 0223
Artwork title: Sharpeville Funeral
Artist(s): Jürgen Schadeberg
Year made: 1960
Artwork type: Photography
Medium: B&W Photograph
Dimensions (mm): 393 x 588
Framed dimensions (in mm): 775 x 1062 x 15
Source: Donated by Claudia and Jürgen Schadeberg
Installation type: Movable artwork
Location area: On a travelling exhibition
Signage:

On 21 March 1960, 69 people were killed in Sharpeville when police opened fire at a peaceful pass laws protest. The artist chartered a plane to photograph their funeral from above – he felt this was the best way to show the magnitude of the event. In the aftermath, a state of emergency was declared and liberation struggle political parties were banned. The Sharpeville massacre brought the harsh realities of the apartheid regime to global attention.

Themes: Sharpeville Massacre (21 March 1960)
Conflict

CCAC 437326

Photographer: Unrecorded
Photo copyright: Consult with CCT curatorial team

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