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In Focus: Ian Berry's Sharpeville Images Exposed Apartheid Violence to the World

As we noted recently, the influential photojournalist Ian Berry died on Sept. 13. Berry covered conflicts across the world, but is best known for the photographs he made that documented the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa. The massacre took place on March 21, 1960, when police opened fire without warning on a crowd of protesters, killing 91 people, many of whom were shot in the back as they fled from the gunfire. Scholar Kylie Thomas recently looked by at the impact of Berry's work that day.

Chris Sharp: Shelf Life

Peggy Roalf:  Do you remember the first art book you ever purchased?  Why did it capture your attention? Chris Sharp: I don't remember the actual first art book that I bought, but one book that really stands out and is my go to for inspiration is August Macke's Tunisian Watercolors and Drawings. I found this in a bookstore in Oslo after moving to Norway and was preparing to travel around Southern Europe and sketch my summer away.  August Marke's style felt l...