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Passings: Ian Berry, Who Documented a Massacre in South Africa, Dies at 92

By David Schonauer   Tuesday September 22, 2026

On March 21, 1960,  a young British photographer named Ian Berry was in the South African township Sharpeville when South African police opened fire on a peaceful protest against discriminatory pass laws, killing at least 69 people and injuring over 180. Berry, who was working for the magazine Drum, …

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