Ernest ColeLand of the Free: Ernest Cole's Photographs of America (Hardback)

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Ernest Cole: The True America is a powerful visual record of the South African photographer’s journey through the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, capturing the complexities of Black American life during a time of civil rights struggle and cultural change. Exiled from apartheid South Africa, Cole turned his lens toward a country grappling with its own racial inequalities, documenting everyday scenes alongside moments of historical significance. Long thought lost, these rediscovered photographs reveal a striking, humanizing portrait of America through the eyes of a sharp and fearless observer, offering an essential counterpart to his groundbreaking work in House of Bondage.