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Positionality in social spaces: The artist’s self-portraits were taken from a place of distress, she says, as a reaction to intrusive comments about her appearance and to subvert expectations about her identity
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The Portfolio: Thandokuhle Ngcobo

The photographer’s study looks at appearance-based prejudice

  • Thandokuhle Ngcobo
2 min read
Water injustice: Because it’s mainly women who fetch water in communities without tap water, the photographer chose to drape both his model, Bathandwa Lerato, and the roadside water barrel as women in mourning. Photo: Thobani K
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The Portfolio: Thobani K

The photographer considers water as a healing force as his cow gives birth

  • Thobani K
2 min read
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The Portfolio: Lindokuhle Ndlovu meets Mr Mbhele

A chance encounter with a stranger had the photographer rethinking the meaning of scars

  • Lindokuhle Ndlovu
3 min read