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Peter Sullivan Reviews Alf Kumalo: Through My Lens by Alf Kumalo

December 21st, 2009 by Jani

Alf Kumalo: Through My LensVerdict: carrot

Newspaper photographers can be scruffy fellows. Ken Oosterbroek wore his baseball cap backwards, they generally revel in flak jackets filled with lenses and Red Bull, neatness seemed wimpish to the Bang-Bang Club of war snappers.

But Alf Kumalo – note the lack of an h – is different. Always dapper, always neat, always polite, always smiling.

This book of some of his best photographs, mostly black and white, reflects the man. Neat, tidy, carefully considered

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