Polaroid and South Africa

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Creator

Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement

Contributor

Reg September, Ken Williams

Place Created

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date

Early 1971

Type of Item

Pamphlet

Length/duration

9 pages

Description

This publication explains the campaign by the Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement (PWRM). Polaroid instant film was used to take pictures for the pass books that all adult Africans had to carry. The pamphlet includes photographs of Ken Williams and Chris Nteta and a January 12, 1971 statement by the PRWM. The pamphlet includes a letter dated February 10, 1971 to Caroline Hunter from Terry W. Milligan, Laboratory Manager, Color Photography Research Laboratory, Polaroid Corporation. It also includes a November 6, 1970 telegram to Caroline Hunter from Reg September of the African National Congress (ANC). There also are two newspaper articles: "Pass-Camera bosses hear Soweto," POST...

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Organization

Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of Caroline Hunter, co-founder of the Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement.

Collection

Private collection of Caroline Hunter