Ending 27th Jul, 2021 19:49

Aspire X PLP | African Photography Auction 2021

 
  Lot 48
 
Lot 48 - Ilan Godfrey (South Africa 1962-)

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Ilan Godfrey (South Africa 1962-)
Ritual offering, Vaal River, Maccauvlei area, Free State, 2011 (from the Legacy of the Mine series)

chromogenic Print (C-type on Fuji Chrystal Archive Matte)

Artwork date: 2011
Signature details: signed on the reverse and embossed; accompanied by a certificate of authenticity
Exhibited: numbered AP from a edition of 10 + 2AP

Estimated at R12,000 - R16,000

 

chromogenic Print (C-type on Fuji Chrystal Archive Matte)

Artwork date: 2011
Signature details: signed on the reverse and embossed; accompanied by a certificate of authenticity
Exhibited: numbered AP from a edition of 10 + 2AP

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image size: 66.5 x 84 cm; Framed Size: 70.5 x 88 cm

Ilan Godfrey’s work explores the diverse social, political, economic and environmental currents that shape contemporary South Africa – giving viewers a broader, and at the same time more deeply personal, understanding of the country they live in. His photographic practice includes extensive research. Through a process of investigative narration and long-term, multi-layered projects, Godfrey focuses on the constantly shifting landscape and reveals varied aspects of societal change across the country, documenting the country with an in-depth and intimate conscience.

His work has been recognised by various international photography awards and grants, and exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including the National Portrait Gallery (London), Iziko South African National Gallery (Cape Town), Wits Art Museum (Johannesburg), and Musée du quai Branly (Paris). Godfrey’s photographs have been featured in leading international publications such as The New Yorker, Le Monde Magazine, ZEIT Magazine, The Sunday Times Magazine, Guardian Weekend Magazine and the Financial Times Magazine. Aside from his editorial work, he collaborates with institutions and organisations worldwide, regularly working on commissions for global brands, including the Open Society Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, MasterCard Foundation, Barclays Bank, VISA Card, Toyota Mobility Foundation and GlaxoSmithKline.

He holds a BA (Hons) degree in Photography from the University of Westminster (London) and was awarded the David Faddy Scholarship to continue his studies, receiving an MA degree in Photojournalism from the same institution. Godfrey was awarded the Ernest Cole Award in 2012.

“Jeremiah Stoaba and his wife Maria from the Apostolic Church of Zion perform an animal sacrifice on the banks of the Vaal River in the Maccauvlei area, on the periphery of the New Vaal Colliery. Two to three times a year they speak to the ancestral ‘river gods’ here. The banks of the Vaal River are rich in minerals, including coal, copper, gold, uranium and other associated minerals, yet are relatively unscarred by mining. There has been a lot of controversy around the award by the Department of Mineral Resources of prospecting rights to mining companies along the Vaal River. If the development of mining continues, it would have a major impact on the ecology of South Africa’s most important river.”

This work is part of a larger project and book which evolved over two and a half years into the Legacy of the Mine – an unflinching series that set out to expose the unwanted and perhaps under-explored legacy confronting South Africa’s land and people by giving agency to those whose lives and livelihoods have been destroyed by mining processes and the long-term environmental ramifications.

Godfrey received the prestigious Ernest Cole Award in 2012 to complete this project. Legacy of the Mine was published by Jacana (2013) and launched in conjunction with solo exhibitions across South Africa. Since then, the project has received multiple international awards and accolades including the CAP (Contemporary African Photography) Prize, Leica Oskar Barnack Award, and the OPENPhoto Award.

Various works from the project have been exhibited at leading photography festivals, galleries and museums including the Völklinger Hütte World Heritage Site, Germany; Lagos Photo Festival, Nigeria; Image Afrique, Switzerland; and the South African Jewish Museum.

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Auction: Aspire X PLP | African Photography Auction 2021, ending 27th Jul, 2021

The sale, presented in partnership with the Photography Legacy Project (PLP) was the largest collection of African photography ever to come to auction.

Notable inclusions were works by Zimbabwean photographer Tamary Kudita and young award-winning woman photographer, Lee-Ann Olwage who collaborated with Belinda Qaqamba Kafassie. Emerging photographers like Kongo Astronauts collective (DRC) and the documentary imagery of Etinosa Yvonne (Nigeria) added depth and diversity, while the older generation of established practitioners like David Goldblatt, Alf Kumalo and Ernest Cole also featured.

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