New York exhibition is showcasing the work of photographer Kenneth Cole . The South African photographer 's images captured black life under apartheid . His first book , House of Bondage , was banned in South Africa . Penniless and lonely , he spent much of the remainder of his life living on the streets and subways of New York . Cole died in poverty in Johannesburg one week after Nelson Mandela 's release from prison .
New York exhibition is showcasing the work of photographer Kenneth Cole . The South African photographer 's images captured black life under apartheid . His first book , House of Bondage , was banned in South Africa . Cole died in poverty in Johannesburg one week after Nelson Mandela 's release from prison .