SOUTH AFRICA

Mark Peters was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He started his career as a news photographer on The Bulawayo Chronical where he covered stories ranging from old ladies' tea parties to the atrocities of the Rhodesian (now Zimbabwe) Bush War. In 1978, he transfered to South Africa's largest daily newspaper, The Star where his assignments varied from township riots to major sporting events. After leaving The Star, he freelances for Associated Press, The New York Times and Newsweek concentrating mainly on political unrest in South Africa. On becoming a contract photographer for Newsweek, Mark began travelling around the globe following major breaking news stories which included the conflict in Afghanistan, Israel, China, Rwanda, Somalia and the Gulf War. His Newsweek cover picture of the release of Nelson Mandela in February 1990 was the first picture of Mandela as a free man to be transmitted around the world from South Africa.