Description: HOMELANDS explores life in South Africa through the experiences of Donald Banda, who resides in an informal settlement in Pretoria. Photographs and first-person accounts reveal the complexities of social and economic inclusion in contemporary South Africa. They also speak to the universal human desire for belonging. As Donald says, "There is no place like home. But if home no longer feels like home, we are lost."
Brief description: Leilani Farha is the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing. A lawyer by training, for the past 20 years Ms. Farha has worked both internationally and domestically on the implementation of the right to adequate housing for the most marginalized groups. In her current work she continues to promote a human rights-based approach to poverty.
Review Quotes: "De Vos's black-and-white photography generates a sense of unity within the cacophony of the makeshift dwellings and conflicting colors of the temporary community. His is a wonderful selection of portraits, landscapes and views from the pulse of daily life... De Vos's point of view is intimate without being aggressive." - ZEKE Magazine, Spring 2019