Photograph overview
The Catacombs, 1 August 1967 by Billy Monk presents a nightclub scene photographed in Cape Town on 1 August 1967.
Pictured:
A moment inside The Catacombs, one of the nightlife venues associated with Monk’s photographic archive. Details about the individual figures and activity pictured are available on request.
Monk’s nightclub photographs place people, clothing, gesture and social interaction at the centre of the frame. His close viewpoint reflects his familiarity with the venue and the patrons who gathered there after dark.
Photographed during apartheid, the work belongs to Monk’s wider record of Cape Town nightlife between 1967 and 1969. The image preserves an informal social encounter from a part of city life that was seldom represented in official accounts of the period.
Billy Monk worked as a nightclub bouncer in Cape Town and photographed patrons at dockside clubs during the late 1960s. His access to these spaces allowed him to create a direct and personal photographic account of the people he encountered.
The Catacombs, 1 August 1967 is relevant to collections focused on South African documentary photography, nightclub culture and apartheid-era social history. Its precise date connects the image to Monk’s wider archive while preserving a particular evening in Cape Town during the late 1960s.
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Print Details:
White boarder around the image.
Gelatin Silver Print.
Paper size: 30.48cm × 40.64cm.
Unframed.
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Billy Monk | The Catacombs, 1 August 1967
The Catacombs, 1 August 1967 by Billy Monk records a late-night scene at The Catacombs in Cape Town. The black-and-white photograph forms part of Monk’s close social record of the city’s nightclub patrons during the late 1960s.
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