(CNN) -- When Nelson Mandela was released from prison in February 1990, where he'd spent more than 27 years for fighting racial segregation, the South African leader knew exactly who he wanted to become his official photographer: Peter Magubane.
"I became his photographer the next day he got home," remembers award-winning Magubane. "He told the ANC [African National Congress] guys, 'this is the guy I want' -- I was the happiest man."
Mandela's choice wasn't a surprise; Magubane, who had already photographed several milestones in Mandela's life, including his early days as a political activist in the 1950s, was renowned for his impressive body of work chronicling the cruelties of apartheid.
