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The Invisible Line – A scarce 1998 first edition documenting the life and extraordinary photojournalism of Ken Oosterbroek, with text by Mike Nicol. A powerful visual record of violence, humanity and political transition in South Africa immediately before the 1994 democratic election. Essential for collectors of South African photography, the Bang-Bang Club and modern political history.
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The Invisible Line: The Life and Photography of Ken Oosterbroek 1962–1994 by Mike Nicol is an important and visually powerful record of one of South Africa’s most celebrated photojournalists. Published in 1998 by Kwela Books in association with Random House South Africa, this first edition, first printing combines Nicol’s text with the photography of Ken Oosterbroek to document both the photographer’s life and the turbulent society he recorded through his camera.
Oosterbroek was a prominent South African press photographer and a member of the group of conflict photographers that became associated with the Bang-Bang Club. His photographs captured the violence, political upheaval, uncertainty and humanity of South Africa’s transition during the final years of apartheid and the approach to the country’s first democratic election in 1994.
The Invisible Line is particularly significant as both a photographic monograph and a document of modern South African history. Oosterbroek’s images move beyond straightforward news reporting, recording moments of confrontation, grief, vulnerability and resilience. He was killed while working in Thokoza on 18 April 1994, just nine days before South Africa’s historic election.
Illustrated extensively in both colour and black and white, The Invisible Line offers an absorbing visual record of a defining period in South African history. Its subject matter gives it crossover appeal to collectors of photography, photojournalism, Africana, apartheid-era history, political history and books relating to the Bang-Bang Club.
Increasingly difficult to find in the South African second-hand market, particularly as a first edition with its original dust jacket, The Invisible Line is a noteworthy addition to a serious South African photographic or historical collection.
Condition – Very Good
Very good 1998 hardcover in the original illustrated dust jacket. The red cloth boards show shelf wear with areas of white rubbing and spotting along the upper and lower edges, particularly around the corners and extremities. The interior is clean and well presented. The binding is slightly loose but remains intact. The illustrated dust jacket presents attractively with light shelf and edge wear.
