Photographer, Ken Oosterbroek, was born February 14, 1962, Johannesburg, South Africa. He was named Ilford Press Photographer of the Year in 1989 and 1991 and was co-recipient of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for his contribution to the coverage of the transition to democracy in South Africa
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Ken Oosterbroek’s archive also includes photos of some of the significant figures from the period, including President Nelson Mandela
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Ken was a one of 4 members of The Bang-Bang Club – a group of four photojournalists active during the final years of apartheid in South Africa. The other members were Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter and João Silva. They gained their nickname “Bang-Bang Club” due to their intense and often dangerous coverage of the township violence and political unrest in South Africa during the early 1990s
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Ken Oosterbroek was tragically killed 30 years ago on 18 April 1994, while covering a gun battle in Thokoza township between Inkatha supporters and the National Peacekeeping Force – just nine days before the first democratic elections
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