David Moore

   Professor Snyder, John Howard and Nelson Mandela, the Great Hall, University of Sydney, Sydney – 2000

The photographs suggest a man who belies his extraordinary powers of oratory and inspiration with a demeanour characterised by humility, warmth, humour, compassion, pleasurable engagement and quiet reflection. In keeping with the Olympics theme, Mandela told his Sydney audience that he once had pretensions to be a boxing champion. What his speech delivered, however, was a sense of how far he had come in his struggle as a fighter for freedom and dignity.