Guy Tillim

Guy Tillim was born in Johannesburg in 1962. He started photographing professionally in 1986 and joined Afrapix, a collective of South African photographers with whom he worked closely until 1990. His work as a freelance photographer in South Africa for the local and foreign media included positions with Reuters between 1986 and 1988, and with Agence France Presse in 1993 and 1994. Tillim has received many awards for his work, including the Prix SCAM (Société Civile des Auteurs Multimedia), Roger Pic in 2002, the Higashikawa Overseas Photographer Award (Japan) in 2003, and the 2004 DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Photography.

In 2005 he won the Leica Oskar Barnack Award for his Jo’burg series. He has exhibited extensively around the globe, including shows in Rome, Brazil, Austria, Germany, and his native Johannesburg. Twenty-five of his pieces from the Avenue Patrice Lumumba project will be on display at the Lannan Foundation Gallery from July 23rd until September 4th, 2011.

Artwork


	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Administration building, Antsiranana, Madagascar, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Typists, Likasi, DR Congo, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Court records, Lubumbashi, DR Congo, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: City Hall offices, Lubumbashi, DR Congo, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: City Hall, Lubumbashi, DR Congo, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: City Hall, Lubumbashi, DR Congo, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Likasi, DR Congo, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Athénée Royal High School, Lumumbashi, DR Congo, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Former bank building, Kolwezi, DR Congo, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Apartment building, Beira, Mozambique, 2008 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Old landline exchange, Post Office, Lubumbashi, DR Congo, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Grande Hotel, Beira, Mozambique, 2008 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Avenue Bagamoyo, Beira, Mozambique, 2008 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Library, sports club, Kolwezi, DR Congo, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Grande Hotel, Beira, Mozambique, 2008 (diptych) Size: 36 x 104 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Wires linked to private generators, apartment block, Luanda, Angola, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Grande Hotel, Beira, Mozambique, 2008 (diptych) Size: 36 x 104 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Apartment building, Avenue Bagamoyo, Beira, Mozambique, 2008 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Apartment building, Avenue Kwame Nkrumah, Maputo, Mozambique, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Bust of Agostinho Neto, Quibala, Angola, 2008 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Post Office, Likasi, DR Congo, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Park in the centre of town, Gabela, Angola, 2008 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: High school, Lubumbashi, DR Congo, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Lubumbashi City Hall, DR Congo, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on 300g cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Private Residence, Kolwezi, DR Congo, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Leopold and Mobutu: Left: Bronze leopards guard the entrance to Mobutu’s palace at Gbadolite Leopold and Mobutu: Left: Bronze leopards guard the entrance to Mobutu’s palace at Gbadolite, September 2003. Right: The gardens commissioned by King Leopold II at the Central African Museum, Brussels, January 2004. Size: Diptych on one piece of paper 24 x 61 1/2 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Administration office, Department of Commerce, Antsiranana, Madagascar, 2007 Size: 36 x 52 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink print on 300g cotton rag paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Leopold and Mobutu: The remains of Mobutu Sese Seko’s palace at Gbadolite Leopold and Mobutu: The remains of Mobutu Sese Seko’s palace at Gbadolite. Mobutu began work here among his kin in the 1970s, and in later years retreated to this residence for long periods. He built an international airport nearby, and would receive foreign dignitaries and heads of state in the palace’s grand reception rooms. It was his last place of residence in the Congo before he fled to Morocco in 1997, September 2003 Size: Diptych on one piece of paper 24 x 61 1/2 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Leopold and Mobutu: On the road between Bikoro and Mbandaka on the Congo River, September 2003 Size: 24 x 32 1/4 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Leopold and Mobutu: The looted remains of Mobutu Sese Seko’s residence at Gbadolite, September 2003 Size: Diptych on one piece of paper 24 x 61 1/2 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Leopold and Mobutu: Left: The Congo Star which adorned the Congolese flag during the Leopold era Leopold and Mobutu: Left: The Congo Star which adorned the Congolese flag during the Leopold era, photographed at the Military Museum in Brussels, January 2004. When Laurent Kabila displaced Mobutu Sese Seko during the first Congo War of 1996, he replaced the Zairean flag with a banner featuring the old Congo Star. Right: Goma residents salute Laurent Kabila after his army takes the city, 1997. Size: Diptych on one piece of paper 24 x 61 1/2 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Jo’burg: The view from the top of the Mariston Hotel looking south, 2004 Size: 16 1/2 x 23 1/4 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Jo’burg: Cape Agulhas, Esselen Street, Hillbrow, 2004 Size: 16 1/2 x 23 1/4 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Jo’burg: San Jose, Olivia Street, Berea, 2004 Size: 16 1/2 x 23 1/4 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Jo’burg: Al’s Tower, a block of flats on Harrow Road, Berea, overlooking the Ponte building, 2004 Size: 19 1/2 x 28 1/4 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Congo Democratic: Supporters of Jean-Pierre Bemba mock President Kabila, calling him an egg seller Congo Democratic: Supporters of Jean-Pierre Bemba mock President Kabila, calling him an egg seller (in reference to Kabila’s statement that he could not take part in early election debates because he was balancing the delicate affairs of state on his head, as an egg seller would balance his wares) Size: 35 3/4 x 52 1/4 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Congo Democratic: Supporters of Jean-Pierre Bemba line the road as he walks to a rally Congo Democratic: Supporters of Jean-Pierre Bemba line the road as he walks to a rally from the airport, Kinshasa, July 2006 Size: 35 3/4 x 52 1/4 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Jo’burg: Manhattan Court, Plein Street, 2004 Size: 19 1/2 x 28 1/4 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Congo Democratic: A statue of Patrice Lumumba erected by Laurent Kabila and an unfinished tower Congo Democratic: A statue of Patrice Lumumba erected by Laurent Kabila and an unfinished tower built during the Mobutu years, look down on Jean-Pierre Bemba supporters as they make their way to a rally, Kinshasa, July 2006 Size: 35 3/4 x 52 1/4 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Congo Democratic: Lumumbiste Party supporters prepare for a meeting, pinning up pictures of Patrice Congo Democratic: Lumumbiste Party supporters prepare for a meeting, pinning up pictures of Patrice Lumumba and their leader Antoine Gizenga, who was a deputy to Lumumba after the first elections in 1962 Size: 35 3/4 x 52 1/4 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection

	Congo Democratic: Presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba enters a stadium in central Kinshasa flan Congo Democratic: Presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba enters a stadium in central Kinshasa flanked by his bodyguards, July 2006 Size: 35 3/4 x 52 1/4 inches Medium: Archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paper Current Lannan Art Collection