Blood Relatives is a photo essay by Cedric Nunn. He was born in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, in 1957 - the 5th of 7 children born to Herbert and Lily Nunn. The freelance photographer is based in Johannesburg. His family is of mixed European and Zulu descent, one of his great-grandfathers was John Dunn, friend of Zulu king Cetshwayo. John was made a Zulu chief and had 48 wives. His descendants were allocated 3500ha of land at Mangete, north of Durban, where Cedric grew up.
Blood Relatives is a 20-year project describing his mixed-race ancestry.