Born in 1932 in Vrededorp, Johannesburg Peter Magubane is a award-winning photo journalist. He went to high school in Sophia-town. He gained his importance by being the first photographer to have an exhibit in South Africa. Widely known for being arrested while photographing a protest outside of the place where Winnie Mandela's and many otherswere being held in confinement.
In his piece, Fenced In Child, utilizes positive and negative space. Using the light from behind the image you get a good sense of emotion in the photo. The photo is symmetrically balanced and gives good contrast between light and dark. In the photo he seems to try and convey the emotion of the struggle, and a child wanting help. By shooting straight on at a slight angle, he catches the right shadow which goes well with the feeling in the image. Also, the fixtures along the wall being in the same shape as the child's hand creates great irony. Being that Magubane was incarcerated many times, you get a sense of his story through this image. I love the stories that he tells in his work. He is the voice for all of the photographers (domestically and internationally) working under repressive systems.
In my recreation I wanted to capture the essence of irony as well. I used the paper in the background as tabloids in which people are exploited. The hand in the foreground symbolizes the attitudes towards these opinions. Peter Magubane uses different symbols and images to show a sense of emotion to the reader. While he usually show a cry for help , I tried to show the opposite. "F#%K repression!"
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