Guy Tillim; South African 1962-; Kamajor (Hunter) Militias, Koidu, Sierra Leone, 2001 ,2001-2004
Provenance : Property of a Gentleman.
Exhibited : Stevenson, Cape Town, Soldiers, 17 June to 19 July 2003, another example from the edition exhibited.
Literature : DaimlerChrysler South Africa (2004) Guy Tillim, Pretoria: DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Photography, another example from the edition illustrated in black and white, unpaginated, cat. no. 60.
Notes : Another example from the edition is currently held in the Mercedes-Benz Art Collection in Stuttgart. "These portraits were made near Koidu in Sierra Leone of kamajoor militias in June 2001. They are traditional defense militias who responded to the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) tyranny in the area, defending their villages against annihilation. The militias fighting the RUF became collectively known as the Civil Defense Force."1 1. DaimlerChrysler South Africa (2004) Guy Tillim, Pretoria: DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Photography, unpaginated.
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