URanjith Kally

Ohlonishwa umhlaba wonke, umthwebuli wezithombe waseThekwini, uRanjith Kally, uqophe phansi abantu ababalulekile nemicimbi ethintekayo emzabalazweni wentando yeningi waseNingizimu Afrika. Izithombe zakhe, ezisukela eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-60, zisinikeza amazwibela ezinxushunxushu zesikhathi esedlule, zezehlakalo ezakha ikusasa lethu.

Ikhamera yokuqala kaKally, kwakuyi-Kodak Postcard, eyayithengwe ngo-sixpence nje kuphela, yavusa uthando lokuthwebula izithombe olwamenza washiya umsebenzi wakhe efemini yezicathulo futhi wenza umsebenzi wokuthwebula izithombe. Wayesebenzela izincwadi ezimbili ezazivelele ngaleso sikhathi – iGolden City Post neDrum, lapho achitha khona cishe iminyaka engamashumi amathathu, ethwebula izithombe zabaholi abalwa nobandlululo njengo-Nelson Mandela, u-Oliver Tambo, u-Monty Naicker no-Chief Albert Luthuli; kanye nokuthwebula izikhathi ezihluphayo emlandweni waseNingizimu Afrika, kufaka phakathi iT-reason Trial, ukuklonyeliswa kweNobel Peace Prize kuChief Albert Luthuli, kanye ne-Rivonia Trial.

Ranjith Kally
Ranjith Kally

Ngo-1952, uKally wawina umklomelo wesithathu emncintiswaneni wamazwe omhlaba owawubanjelwe eJapan emkhakheni wokungenela okungu-150,000, kwathi ngo-1967 wamukelwa i-Royal Photographic Society, e-London, ukuze akhethwe izithombe ezithile. Izithombe zakhe zihlobise amaphephandaba emhlabeni jikelele, ziyingxenye ye-Nobel Collection, ziyavela ezincwadini zokufunda zesikole, futhi zikhonjiswe kwizitembu ezimbili zokuposa zaseNingizimu Afrika, kepha wabamba umbukiso wakhe wokuqala ngo-2004, eneminyaka engu-79.

Ngo-Ephreli 2013, uKally wanikezwa i-Honorary Doctorate in Literature yi-University of KwaZulu-Natal, ngenhloso yokuhlonipha umsebenzi wakhe omude futhi ohloniphekile. Inganekwane ephilayo engakadumi, uba phakathi kwabathwebuli bezithombe abanesibindi nabanobuciko besizukulwane sakhe. Impilo kaKally ngokusebenzisa i-lens isishiyele ifa lokubukwa elihlala njalo elizokhanyisa izizukulwane ezizayo, zamaqhawe ethu awile nenkululeko ebungazwayo. UKally ushone eGoli ngomhlaka 6 Juni 2017 eneminyaka engu-91

Njengomthwebuli wezithombe wephephabhuku i-Drum, uKally wasebenzisa isikhathi sakhe esiningi ebhala ngezepolitiki zobandlululo, futhi ngomsebenzi wakhe wenza igalelo elibalulekile emzabalazweni weNkululeko eNingizimu Afrika. Amandla, i-website ye-Durban’s Liberation Heritage Route, ishicilele lesi sikhumbuzo esilandelayo ngokudlula emhlabeni kukaRanjith Kally:

Ungahle ungalazi igama elithi Ranjith Kally, kepha nakanjani uzowazi umsebenzi wakhe, futhi akukho kungabaza ukuthi amagama abantu abaningi bezombusazwe uKally abathwebula izithombe azokhala insimbi. UKally, obesesebenze iminyaka engamashumi amathathu njengentatheli yezithombe ze-Drum Magazine nokushicilelwa kwayo, i-Golden City Post, ubephethe ezinye zezithombe zethu ezinhle kakhulu ngesikhathi sobandlululo eNingizimu Afrika, kubandakanya nesithombe esidume kakhulu esathathwa ngowayengumongameli we-ANC , U-Chief Albert Luthuli, ngaphambi nje kokuklonyeliswa ngeNobel Peace Prize. Umsebenzi kaKally wawungagcini nje ezindabeni zepolitiki, kanti ezinye izithombe zakhe zikhombisa uhlangothi olulula lwempilo eNingizimu Afrika, kepha njengoba uKalim Rajab ephawula ngokubhekisele kulencwadi, Memory Against Forgetting, Izithombe zikaKally zagxila kakhulu futhi zaba zimbi kakhulu ngemuva kokubulawa kwabantu eShapreville ngoMashi ka-1960.

Eminye imicimbi engakhohlakali eyenziwa nguKally phakathi nesikhathi seminyaka yama-60 ehlanganisa umkhankaso wokulwa namaphasi wango-1960, i-Rivonia Trial, nokuhlanganiswa kwalowo owayengumongameli u-Nelson Mandela kanye nomholi we-IFP, uMangosuthu Buthelezi, ngo-1991, neminye…

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