Tag: Zanele Muholi
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Brave Beauties: Zanele Muholi on Self-Portraiture – Photographs and text by Zanele Muholi | LensCulture
Brave Beauties: Zanele Muholi on Self-Portraiture – Photographs and text by Zanele Muholi | LensCulture Zanele Muholi teases apart one of her favorite images from her 2016 series of self-portraits in an exclusive conversation with LensCulture via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/zanele-muholi-brave-beauties-zanele-muholi-on-self-portraiture South African photographer (and self-titled visual activist) Zanele Muholi has gained international recognition for her direct,…
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Reimagining a continent: The new generation of African photographers
Reimagining a continent: The new generation of African photographers A new generation of image-makers are presenting a kaleidoscopic portrait of the continent, exploring African myths, memories and taboos. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/meet-the-new-generation-of-african-photographers/ From gender and sexuality, to myths and memories: a new generation of image-makers are presenting a complex, kaleidoscopic portrait of the continent.
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Zanele Muholi & The Women’s Mobile Museum: Who is Art For? | LENSCRATCH
Zanele Muholi & The Women’s Mobile Museum: Who is Art For? – LENSCRATCH Earlier this year, the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC) introduced the The Women’s Mobile Museum – a year-long residency and apprenticeship program led by internationally renowned South African artist-activist Zanele Muholi in her first major US-based project: a collaboration with ten (10)…
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Zanele Muholi: Paying Homage to the History of Black Women – The New York Times
Zanele Muholi: Paying Homage to the History of Black Women Through self-portraits, Zanele Muholi reimagines black identity and challenges the oppressive standards of beauty that often ignore people of color. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/lens/zanele-muholi-somnyama-ngonyama-south-africa.html Through self-portraits, Zanele Muholi reimagines black identity and challenges the oppressive standards of beauty that often ignore people of color.
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Powerful portraits confront the politics of race and representation – Feature Shoot
Powerful portraits confront the politics of race and representation – Feature Shoot ‘I’m reclaiming my blackness, which I feel is continuously performed by the privileged other. My reality is that I do not mimic being black; it is my skin, and the… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2017/07/powerful-portraits-confront-politics-race-representation/ Visual activist photographer Zanele Muholi has her first solo…
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Photographing a ‘Difficult Love’ in South Africa
Photographing a ‘Difficult Love’ in South Africa Zanele Muholi is an artist and activist, advocating for rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people on a continent where they are under attack.
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Zanele Muholi’s Photographs of Lesbian Life Labelled Immoral by South African Minister « Prison Photography
Zanele Muholi’s Photographs of Lesbian Life Labelled Immoral by South African Minister Constitution Hill is a former prison that used to hold political prisoners during apartheid, including both Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. Now the prison, a repurposed art space, faces a new co… via Prison Photography: http://prisonphotography.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/zanele-muholis-images-of-lesbian-life-labelled-immoral-by-south-african-minister/