In 1954 he read a copy of '' Drum '' , a magazine known for its reporting of urban blacks and the effects of apartheid . " They were dealing with social issues that affected black people in South Africa . I wanted to be part of that magazine . " He started employment at '' Drum '' as a driver . After six months of odd jobs , he was given a photography assignment under the mentorship of Jürgen Schadeberg , the chief photographer . He borrowed a camera and covered the 1955 ANC convention . " I went back to the office with good results and never looked back . " Being on assignment in the early years was n't easy . " We were not allowed to carry a camera in the open if the police were involved , so I often had to hide my camera to get the pictures I wanted . On occasion I hid my camera in a hollowed-out Bible , firing with a cable release in my pocket . At another time , at a trial in Zeerust from which the press were banned , I hid my Leica 3G in a hollowed-out loaf of bread and pretended to eat while I was actually shooting pictures ; when the bread went down , I bought milk and hid the camera in the carton . And I got away with it . You had to think fast and be fast to survive in those days . " Magubane photographed most of South Africa 's historic moments , such as Sharpeville in 1960 and also Mandela 's Rivonia trial in 1964 . He later recalled : " I had never seen so many dead people . " His editor wanted to know why he had not taken any close-ups . Magubane then " decided I was not going to get emotionally involved , or at least not until after I have done my work . " He left '' Drum '' to become a freelancer . In 1967 , he was employed by the '' Rand Daily Mail '' . In 1969 , he was sent to photograph a demonstration outside Winnie Mandela 's jail cell . He was arrested , interrogated and then put in solitary confinement . The charges were dropped in 1970 . However , Magubane was banned from photography for five years . In 1971 he was imprisoned again and spent 98 days in solitary confinement and then spent six months in jail
Sharpeville
Sharpeville massacre
Peter Magubane