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Whether black and white or colour, a photograph has the power to take its audience on a journey that transcends space and time.
World Photography Day, which is celebrated on August 19, is said to be a celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography.
For multimedia journalist Rosetta Msimango, photography is a means of educating, informing and changing people’s narratives without having to speak.
They say:
Msimango adds: “Photography is the way I experience the world and how I tell stories. Through it, I believe and feel I’m an advocate for a certain cause. A picture is worth a thousand words, and I know it’s a cliche, but everyone understands that pictures are timeless.”
Seasoned photographer Tebogo Letsie says photography, for him, is about permanently freezing a moment in life and immortalising it for as long as time allows.
“It is a tool that evokes the mind and sharpens fading memories by taking them back a few minutes to many decades back,” he says.
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World Photography Day will this year be celebrated under the theme of pandemic lockdown through the lens.
South Africa has left the days of lockdown behind after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the end of the national state of disaster in April.
Ramaphosa at the time said:
This was the conclusion of 750 days under various alert level lockdowns.
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City Press photographers sifted through their archives to select the following images that paint a picture of life during the global Covid-19 pandemic:
