Ernest Cole, "House of Bondage" | Aperture PhotoBook Club

First published in 1967, Ernest Cole’s "House of Bondage" has been lauded as one of the most significant photobooks of the twentieth century, revealing the horrors of apartheid to the world for the first time and influencing generations of photographers around the globe.

For the December Aperture PhotoBook Club gathering, Aperture executive director Sarah Meister joined Leslie Matlaisane, Chairperson of the Ernest Cole Family Trust and nephew of Ernest Cole, Aperture’s Denise Wolff, editor of this edition, and the book’s designer Oliver Barstow to discuss the power and legacy of "House of Bondage," the challenges and process behind making a new edition of such groundbreaking work, and the importance of seeing it published for the first time in South Africa.

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Interview clip of Ernest Cole from Rune Hassner's documentary ”Bilder för Miljoner” (1969): https://vimeopro.com/laikafilm/develo...

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Originally banned in South Africa upon its release in 1967, Aperture’s reissue marks the first time House of Bondage has been made widely available in the country of Cole’s origin. Watch a video, courtesy of the Photography Legacy Project, that documents this historic moment at a book launch event in Johannesburg back in November:    • Johannesburg Book Launch for Ernest Cole's...  

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