Marianne Podlashuc

Marianne Podlashuc’s childhood witness of the horrors of the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) left an indelible impression on her. To a large extent this formative experience drew her to record her impressions of suffering and deprivation when she first came to live in South Africa in 1953. Esmé Berman has noted of her that she was ‘possessed of a profound social consciousness and projects it in powerful, stylised images of lesser-privileged local communities’. Read More…