Apartheid, civil rights and beyond: Ernest Cole’s secret archive – in pictures

New York City, 1971

Living between Sweden and the US, Cole continued to document black lives during the rise of the civil rights movement in the US. However, being black and stateless proved debilitating there, too, and there was no publication of his American work. Towards the end of his life Cole became increasingly disillusioned and reportedly started living on the streets of New York