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People of Note - Matthew Wilman

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Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the South African based documentary photographer, author and professional speaker Matthew Wilman who, in 2003 was commissioned to archive and document the life and times of Nelson Mandela for the Nelson Mandela Foundation. This allowed him to develop an intimate relationship with Mandela. But Matthew has also published a beautiful book of black and white photographs of ballet dances in unusual industrial settings.
14 Jul English South Africa TV & Film

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