Alice Mann’s The Night is Young is a book documenting South African schoolleavers as they prepare and take part in at their 'Matric' Balls, a kind of prom and rites of passage event that occurs around May or September. It's their big day, and they go big...
Photographed between 2018 and 2023, and at thirteen different high schools, the book presents a comprehensive study of South African youth at a momentous point in their lives. The book is designed by Stuart Smith and clothbound in a vibrant, regal blue with a gilded title.
IDEA Books, 112pp, 28cm x 23cm, clothbound hardcover, tip-on image and gold foiling on spine and back, first edition of 500 copies, 2026