Sam Nzima

Hector Pieterson being carried by Mbuyisa Makhubo after being shot by South African police. His sister, Antoinette Sithole runs beside them.

Sam Nzima (8 August 1934 in Lillydale, Bushbuckridge Local Municipality – 12 May 2018 in Nelspruit)[1] was a South African photographer who took what became the widely-circulated and influential image of Hector Pieterson for the Soweto uprising, but struggled for years to get the copyright.[2]

  1. ^ "Legendary photographer Sam Nzima has died".
  2. ^ Venter, Sahm (1 April 2007). Youth Day, June 16. Jacana Media. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-77009-235-8. Retrieved 7 September 2011.