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Ian Berry, photographer who documented the Sharpeville massacre, dies aged 92
Ian Berry, a British photojournalist, has died aged 92.
He was the only photographer at the scene when police opened fire on protesters in Sharpeville, South Africa, on 21 March 1960.
The protesters were opposing apartheid laws that controlled where Black South Africans could live, work and travel.
Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured, and Berry’s photographs brought the violence to international attention.
The massacre became a turning point in South Africa’s history.
Berry later photographed events including the Congo crisis, the Vietnam war and the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
He was known for pictures that focused on individuals and human moments behind major events.
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Ian Berry, the photographer who documented the Sharpeville massacre, has died aged 92.
Berry photographed police opening fire on demonstrators in Sharpeville, South Africa, on 21 March 1960.
The protest was against apartheid pass laws that controlled where black South Africans could live, work and travel.
Berry and Drum reporter Humphrey Tyler were the only journalists there when the shooting began.
Berry later covered conflicts and major events including the Congo crisis, the Vietnam war and the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
- Who
- Ian Berry, a British photojournalist.
- What
- Berry has died aged 92. He documented the Sharpeville massacre.
- When
- His death date is not stated. The Sharpeville shooting took place on 21 March 1960.
- Where
- The massacre took place in Sharpeville, South Africa. The place of Berry’s death is not stated.
- Why
- The demonstrators were protesting apartheid pass laws. The cause of Berry’s death is not stated.
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Berry moved to South Africa under a postwar assisted emigration scheme.
Berry covered the beginnings of the treason trial, which included Nelson Mandela as a defendant.
Berry photographed police shooting at demonstrators in Sharpeville.
Berry photographed peaceful resistance during the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and smuggled the images out for publication in Paris Match.
- Age at death
- 92
- Sharpeville massacre
- 21 March 1960
- Sharpeville protest
- Against apartheid pass laws
- Other journalist present
- Humphrey Tyler, a Drum reporter
- Move to South Africa
- 1952
Sources
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