"We were at the opening event of my residency in the South African National Gallery’s Annexe, and Ray [Alexander] looked so great sitting in a chair. I didn’t have a camera with me (it was before smartphones) but Kathy Grundlingh, the photography curator at the SANG, had a Polaroid camera. I asked her to take the shot. She took two versions: In one, Ray is sitting with her hands on the arms of the chair. In the other, she is leaning sideways, with her hand under her chin. Using my Canon CLC 500 copier, I enlarged the images of Ray from the Polaroids and turned them into prints, shown on the wall and as part of the sculpture, exhibited in my retrospective at the South African National Gallery. The entire installation, A Chair for Ray Alexander (1990–1992), was based on those two Polaroids taken casually in a few seconds."
– Sue Williamson

Invited practitioners join Khanya Mashabela in conversation, tracing the role of instant photography in their respective practices.