Gille de Vlieg

Gille de Vlieg
Born	Gillian Ruth Hemson (1940-07-26) 26 July 1940 (age 84) Plymouth, England
Nationality	English / South African
Occupation	Photographer
Years active	1980s – present
Known for	Anti-apartheid activist

Gille de Vlieg (born 26 July 1940) is a photographer and anti-apartheid activist. She was born in England and moved to South Africa with her mother when she was 3 years old. During apartheid she was a member of both the Black Sash and one of the few women members of the Afrapix photography collective. Her images have been published in newspapers, magazines and books nationally and internationally.^[1] Unlike many of her counterparts, de Vlieg received little public acclaim for her work up until recently.^[2] About her work, she says, "I wanted to make a contribution to an alternative view of South Africa, a view not seen on the South African TV screen then."^[3] Her images cover the following topics: land removals, rural lifestyle, township lifestyle, gender lifestyle, United Democratic Front (UDF), anti-harassment campaign, police violence, protests against death penalty, funerals, Black Sash, protests against incorporation into Bophuthatswana; Release Mandela Campaign, End Conscription Campaign (ECC), conscientious objectors, African National Congress (ANC) Welcome Home Rally, Day of the Vow (Geloftedag), street children, and homeless people.