“There are two beautiful photographs that involve dogs” in the recently-launched collection of photographs, Alf Khumalo: Through My Lens, writes Marianne Thamm – whose encounter with Kumalo’s work led her to confront South Africans’ lazy thinking when it comes to stereotypes:
The first is of a young Nelson Mandela and his dog, Khrushchev, taken on a veranda somewhere during a break from the Treason Trial in 1956.
The photograph speaks volumes. Mandela, in his double-breasted blazer, is resting both of his boxer’s hands tenderly on Khrushchev’s “shoulders” while the dog lovingly nuzzles his master.
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