New Statesman photo-reportage

Good to see some solid photo-reportage in a weekly news magazine. This week’s summer double issue of the New Statesman features this impressive photo set selected from an exhibition at Les Rencontres d’Arles called ‘Transition’. The eight-page story has been edited by the magazines photography editor Rebecca McClelland and includes work by eight photographers. The edit was made from a broader set of work commissioned by David Goldblatt and the Market Photoworkshop examining the political landscape of South Africa.

You can read the accompanying essay and captions here, and see the rest of the photographs after the jump (click on the images for enlarged versions).