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  1. When Tears Don’t Matter
  2. Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain
  3. Noah’s Ark in a Sandstorm - Part I
  4. Noah’s Ark in a Sandstorm - Part II
  5. Dog Days
  6. Prix Pictet
  7. Ndebele
  8. African Canvas
  9. Imazighen
  10. South Africa 1969-1983
  11. South West Africa (Namibia) 1978-1983
  12. Maya Angelou
  13. La Ciociaria
  14. Portraits
  • Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain

    “Caged Grass”, part of Gobabeb Training & Research Center’s monitoring of arid ecosystems, desertification and water catchment in the Namib Desert. Here the cage, meant to protect grass species from herbivores, is rendered non-functional given the 7-year drought. 2022 [Part of an ongoing project on the use of constraining, protecting and demarcating cages across Namibia]

Award-winning series “Caged”
Lens Culture Critic’s Choice 2022 | Please view critics comments here

COMING SOON...

When Tears Don’t Matter

When Tears Don’t Matter

Texts by Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Kileni A. Fernando, Rob J. Gordon and Virginia MacKenny
Book design by Margaret Courtney-Clarke and Holger Feroudj / Steidl Design
240 pages
12 × 9.6 in. / 30.5 × 24.4 cm
98 black-and-white and 68 color photographs
Tritone and four-color process
Clothbound hardcover with a tipped-in photograph
ISBN 978-3-95829-877-4


Steidl Catalog (PDF, 600 KB)
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Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain

Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain

Text: Margaret Courtney-Clarke
Foreword: David Goldblatt
Essay: Sean O’Toole
200 pages
14.3 × 10.2 in. / 36.4 × 26 cm
11 black-and-white and 109 color photographs
Four-color process
Clothbound hardcover
ISBN 978-3-95829-253-6


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Desert Narratives

  • Desert Narratives

    The collector edition box includes 10 archival prints from Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain.
    The portfolio is printed in an edition of 5 examples plus 2 artist’s proofs for the artist and curator.
    Each portfolio is numbered and signed by the artist with a certificate of authentication.
    Distributed by SMAC Gallery, South Africa


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SELECTED PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
Keshia Africa. 2021. Celebrating a special friendship. Weekend Argus Sunday.
Nicola Daniels. 2021. Don`t miss Maya Angelou exhibition in Cape Town. Cape Times.
Barrett, D & Riley, K. 2020. Seven groundbreaking female photographers – in pictures. The Guardian.
Kallianiotis, N.J. Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain. LensCulture.
The Guardian. 2019. Prix Pictet 2019 shortlist – photo essay. The Guardian.
The Namibian. 2018. ‘Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain’ launched at Swakop. The Namibian.
Smyth, D. 2018. The British Journal of Photography. Photo London: the 2018 Kraszna-Krausz shortlist. 1854 Media.
Levanta News. 2018. Camogli: P46 Gallery, inaugurata la mostra di Margaret Courtney-Clarke. Levanta News.