Tributes for Rashid Lombard: Jazz visionary and photographer

TRIBUTES have streamed in for veteran photographer and jazz promoter Rashid Lombard, who died yesterday at the age of 74.

- STAFF REPORTER

Born on April 10, 1951 in North End, Gqeberha, Lombard moved with his family to Cape Town in 1962.

Originally trained as an architectural draftsman and later as an industrial photographer, he began his career with construction firm Murray & Roberts.

Lombard worked as a freelance photographer and television sound recordist during the height of the Struggle. He captured the unrest and hope of a nation in transition for international media outlets including Agence France-Presse, the BBC, and NBC.

Over the course of his career, he documented pivotal moments in South Africa's journey to freedom, including the rise of the democratic movement in the 1980s, the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990, and the country's first democratic elections in 1994.