The Way I See It

A powerful memoir of an extraordinary life behind the lens, chronicling apartheid South Africa and beyond.

Jürgen Schadeberg's iconic photographs are etched into history: Nelson Mandela gazing through the bars of his Robben Island cell; a young Miriam Makeba dancing; Hugh Masekela receiving a trumpet from Louis Armstrong; the Women's March of 1955; the Sophiatown removals; the Sharpeville massacre victims' funeral. But the story of the man behind the camera is no less remarkable.

Schadeberg's...