Black girls straddle inequality and shame, as well as joy and self-authorship, in a new exhibition, Reflections: On Black Girlhood
Photographer documents life in the township where she grew up — and whole lot more
As I enter the exhibition titled Names in Uphill Letters — A historiography of the newsmakers who tread(ed) South Africa’s soil, at the Workers Museum in Newtown, I encounter a…
Cynthia Mavuso’s practice was fiercely communal and driven by mentorship. In this edited discussion transcript, Salebo Mlangeni and Thule Mavuso remember ‘CS’ through her photos
A book of photographers with no photographs highlights the ownership battles black lensmen are still battling
Peter Magubane, whose images set him on a collision course with the apartheid government, pays tribute to his colleagues in this foreword to a new book
Photographer Tshepiso Mazibuko says she is an artist at heart, and lets her imagination take control
Photographer Nocebo Bucibo explores the role of photography in the production of the Thokoza hostels as spaces
Photographer Tommy Busakhwe, a participant in the Communities of the Kalahari Advocacy Project, uses his camera to tell stories of home, land and the people who live and work on it
Multimedia journalist and healer Sethembiso Zulu’s debut solo show embraces a fierce, raw and broken timelessness that encapsulates what it means to be human
Photographer Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo’s latest project, Slaghuis, is a recounting of the trauma he experienced growing up in his family’s tavern business
I’m also no longer trying to create work for someone else
" I didn’t want to chase them because my goal was not to go after the wound; it was to document life in the initiation school."
Photographer and graphic designer Dahlia Maubane tracks the ways of street hairstylists as insight on how women use and negotiate urban spaces.
Umlindelo wa Makholwa is not a series of images about religion, although it is born of religion
The everyday experiences of commuters and the taxi industry are being reflected in public spaces through murals, artworks and dance
A new David Goldblatt exhibition in Paris raises questions about the photographer in relation to documentary practice in South Africa
A biennial event has sprung up to provide a forum for black artists and intellectuals to meet
Zanele Muholi speaks about creating images of LGBTI people that move beyond hate crimes
South African and French photographers are collaborating to create the Social Landscape Project.
