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 photography lecturer, reflecting with a group of students on the picture frames by freelance photojournalist Jacob Mawela. The museum itself has a chequered history starting […]
Through their lenses, 22 South African photographers tell personal stories that show how life in South Africa is built on duality
With the induction last week of the Rashid Lombard Archive at the University of the Western Cape his photography and stories will soon be accessible to a new generation.
Themba Mbuyisa anchors his photo series, ‘When Breadwinners Are Away’, in the absence of migrant labourers, but little to no absence registers on the faces of those left behind
However, contemporary artists such as Cinga Samson, Zanele Muholi and Mohau Modisakeng found a liberating ally in self-portraiture
In creating her photo series, ‘Brown on Brown: The Colourism Project’, Ravi Naidoo realised colourism affects how every Indian person thinks about themselves
The artist reflects on the homecoming of his exhibition, and how it interacts with the gallery and its environment
Why grotesque graffiti the inheritance of the living in Soweto?
For photographer Marc Shoul, nothing is sacred in Joburg
‘Of Blood, Sweat and Data’, on show as part of FNB Art Joburg’s Open City programme, hopes to alter the way art lovers view Johannesburg — and photography
FNB Art Joburg director Mandla Sibeko speaks to Kwanele Sosibo about this year’s Open City, during which unlikely spots are turned into art spaces
Lucia Mnguni remembers her husband Bongani Mnguni, who photographed some of South Africa’s most turbulent events
Even in revisiting the space, I can never capture the moment, as if it were sucked into my camera when I pressed the shutter, muses Boitumelo Motau
The photographer uses the medium to connect with aspects of Zulu spiritual practices
An enthusiastic amateur lucks out on a goofy footer in Port Alfred
The Reformed Structures photographic series marries Siya Mahlaba’s love for architecture and photography with his inquiry into segregation in the Dutch Reformed Church
The photographer’s study looks at appearance-based prejudice
The photographer considers water as a healing force as his cow gives birth
A chance encounter with a stranger had the photographer rethinking the meaning of scars
Bheki Mseleku, or ‘Mr Bruce’ as he was known, roamed the globe but was at home in mantra mode
In their new book, photojournalists Alon Skuy and James Oatway situate their often harrowing images among contextual writing
Deseni Soobben’s sensibilities have changed over the years, but she keeps revisiting the composition and design techniques she learned from her mentors
Through the Lens Collective works away from the ‘instant’ photographer and the exploitative history of the medium
As he travels the length and breadth of the country, George Tatakis uses a painterly approach to photography that breathes new life into the traditions and culture of rural Greece
In this extract from But Beautiful, the writer Geoff Dyer reflects on how photographs ‘work on you’
Siphiwe Mhlambi spent several years photographing his friend Jonas Gwangwa as he performed. Mhlambi spoke to the Mail & Guardian about their relationship
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 Lewis Holiday’s late-’90s image of DOOM captures the hip-hop artist’s early experiments with concealment
For photographer Thato Monare, documenting the rural Eastern Cape is a personal favourite
Sabelo Mkhabela, a ‘writer who can take photos’ tells us about the image he took of American rapper Joey Bada$$ at Oppikoppi in 2017
Antony Kaminju shares his experience of making a photo of the Roving Bantu Kitchen’s Sifiso Ntuli