The document discusses the history of photography in South Africa during apartheid and decolonization. It provides captions for numerous black-and-white photographs taken between the 1930s and 1960s depicting various aspects of life under apartheid such as mine workers, townships, and protests against apartheid policies. The photographs were taken by several photographers including Leon Levson, Constance Stuart Larrabee, Bob Gosani, Peter Magubane, Jürgen Schadeberg, and Ernest Cole.