Mandela Revisits His Cell on Robben Island 1994
©Jürgen Schadeberg
"This was Mandela's first official visit after his release from prison in 1990 and obviously an emotional visit when he returned to the cell where he spent 17 years of his 27 year sentence. He looked out of the bars and when he thought I had finished taking pictures, relaxed somewhat, and turned around to smile"
JURGEN SCHADEBERG 2007
Treason Trial, Johannesburg 1958
©Jürgen Schadeberg
At dawn on the 5th December 1956 the police swooped down on 150 political leaders and academics who were rounded up, arrested and charged with treason. On the 13th of October 1958, Moses Kotane and Nelson Mandela leave the Pretoria court beaming with joy as the crown had withdrawn the indictment.
"On October 13th, the then editor of Drum Magazine came rushing out of his office and requested a photographer urgently rushed to Pretoria... "something is going to happen.. go yourself", he said to me... just as I arrived in front the Synagogue, the doors burst open and the accused emerged, lighting cigarettes. In the picture, Mandela emerges beaming from the court, to his left is Moses Kotane, an ANC leader at the time."
JURGEN SCHADEBERG 2007
"On October 13th, the then editor of Drum Magazine came rushing out of his office and requested a photographer urgently rushed to Pretoria... "something is going to happen.. go yourself", he said to me... just as I arrived in front the Synagogue, the doors burst open and the accused emerged, lighting cigarettes. In the picture, Mandela emerges beaming from the court, to his left is Moses Kotane, an ANC leader at the time."
JURGEN SCHADEBERG 2007
Nelson Mandela in His Law Office, Johannesburg 1952
©Jürgen Schadeberg
"...He was an extremely calm and controlled person, or gave the impression of it. We had about 15 minutes with him, and at the end I vaguely remember that he just got up and said, "I have to be off to court now" He put his books under his arm, and that's when I got this particular picture... I don't think He was aware back then of the huge battle he was about to begin. I look at this picture differently now..."
JURGEN SCHADEBERG 2007
JURGEN SCHADEBERG 2007
GREG BARTLEY PHOTOGRAPHS
Nelson Mandela, London 1990 - Size: 81 x 50 cm
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Nelson Mandela, London 1990 - Size: 100 x 100 cm
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