Early photography in South Africa
Selections from the Audiovisual Collection
This exhibition offers a glimpse into the extent of the Audiovisual Collection and the many ways people have chosen to document the world around them. While the focus is on photographic processes, the Audiovisual Collection spans an additional range of formats, including cinefilm strips, postcards and sound recordings.
The Audiovisual Collection is fragile and vulnerable to deterioration. Photographs in particular are prone to fading over time.
In response, we have undertaken a large-scale digitisation project to preserve these materials in their current state and to ensure continued access to the collection.
Past Exhibitions
THE BRENTHURST COLLECTION
REVD CHARLES HENRY JOBERNS
A clerical journey
WOMEN
Resistance & Rights
AFRICAN BIRDS
THE 1922 RAND REBELLION
BOTANICAL ART
CHARLES HAMILTON SMITH
African hoofed animals
ZULU WARS
ELLAPHIE WARD-HILHORST
Botanical artist
THOMAS BOWLER
Artist at the Cape
THE FOUNDING OF JOHANNESBURG
CONSTANCE STUART LARRABEE
1914–2000
MAJOR A B CREE
British Regiments in South Africa 1795–1902
