Ernest Cole (Eersterust, 1940 – New York City, 1990) was a photographer known for his extensive visual documentation of life under apartheid. Working covertly in the 1960s, he produced images for the book House of Bondage, published abroad and banned in South Africa. In 1966, he went into exile and later photographed for institutions such as the Ford Foundation and Life magazine. His work has been rediscovered in recent decades through exhibitions at institutions such as The Photographers’ Gallery (London) and Foam (Amsterdam), and is now part of major collections including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Art Institute of Chicago, and Tate Modern (London).