In 1970 Brian Astbury, a Professional Photographer, was hired to take rehearsal photos of Athol Fugard, Yvonne Bryceland, Val Donal and Wilson Dunster who were working on a production called ‘Orestes’.[i] Astbury ended up spending more time with the group and followed them as they performed in various venues.[ii] He was inspired by the
When the Dutch first settled in the Cape in 1652, Governor van Riebeeck's brief included the construction of a fort and the setting out of gardens where vegetables and fruit trees could be grown. The site for these gardens was chosen close to the so-called Sweet River, a little south-west of the present Parade.
Footprints in Laetoli

Ancient hominin footprints at a site in Laetoli, northeastern Tanzania
Denis Farrell Aerial Photograph of 1994 Election Queue

Denis Farrell, the Associated Press photographer who shot the iconic aerial photograph of South Africans voting on 27 April 1994. (Photograph by James Oatway)