[Original Gelatin Silver Print Portrait Photograph of Simon (Sabela), Christabel, Daniel Tshabalala, and Four Unidentified Zulu Tribesmen in Character]

[Np: The Photographer, ca. 1963].. Original glossy double-weight gelatin silver print from negative, 14 x 11" (inclusive of margins, image size 13.5 x 9"). Numbered in pencil on verso. About fine. An original print of one of the sequence of superb photographs taken by Yousuf Karsh on location in South Africa during the filming of the 1964 Diamond Films production, ZULU, directed by Cy Endfield. Karsh's invitation to join the production and photograph the cast and locale resulted in a sequence of photographs of a very high order. The present image is a full-length character portrait of Simon Sabela & Christabel as tribal dancer and musician, Daniel Tshabalala as Jacob, and four unidentified Zulu tribesmen. Sabela, Christabel and the tribesmen are in ceremonial dress, Tshabalala is playing a flute, while the unidentified Zulus clap. Christabel's ceremonial dress features an intricate, heavily beaded, head, neck, chest, and loin design. Additionally, she carries a musical instrument called a umakhweyana. The image is identified as "No. 409" in the series in pencil on the verso. Although this project is not as widely known as Karsh's formal portraiture, examples of the resulting images have featured prominently in both museum and print retrospectives of his career.