Invisible Borders: Emeka Okereke in conversation with Emmanuel Iduma
From Invisible Borders A conversation between Emeka Okereke, founder and Artistic Director of Invisible Borders Trans-African Photographers’ Organization, and Emmanuel Iduma, Nigerian author and writer. The conversation took place in Libreville, Gabon where Okereke and Iduma are participating in a road trip….
Gone @ 20 – the lucky ones are not yet born!
South Africa is layered with contradictions and complexities. On the one hand, the lgbti community forms part of the progressive movement and the rainbow nation that is South Africa today. On the other, individual rights to sexual expression, sexual and gender identity are often challenged in the only African state that is praised for protecting diversities. However, there are limits to diversity, at least in the South African context. Those who transgress the boundaries of diversity often get punished in the most gruesome ways. In particular, the existence of minority groups (including wome
MO(U)RNING by Zanele Muholi
In MO(U)RNING, Muholi presents elements of her documentation that were not lost, together with new work realised in recent months. The exhibition will include new and recent photographs from her Faces and Phases series of portraits and her Being series. Her multip
The QueenDom
THE QUEENDOM BY DIRIYE OSMAN A photoshoot inspired by fairytales and royal funkiness. The photos were taken by the impressive Boris Mitkov, a young photographer based in London and the makeup was handled by the brilliant, award-winning stylist, Christelle Kedi….
Ghost Queen
GHOST QUEEN BY DIRIYE OSMAN “When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” – AUDRE LORDE Photography: BORIS MITKOV…
MO(U)RNING: Life and death, love and hate
STEVENSON is pleased to present MO(U)RNING, a solo exhibition by visual activist and photographer Zanele Muholi. For Muholi, MO(U)RNING evokes death but also suggests the cycle of life as morning follows night. Life and death, love and hate are some of the antitheses that appear…
Her Breast is Fit For Pearls
I woke up this morning and felt the need to re post this photograph – Her breast is fit for pearls, But I was not a “Diver”– Her brow is fit for thrones But I have not a crest. Her…
Zanele Muholi: Raising consciousness through art
Is their a link between the defacement of “The Spear”, the painting of  Jacob Zuma which shows his genitals and the theft of five years of Zanele Muholi’s work?  Is free expression through art or any other medium under…
Campaign to replace Zanele Muholi’s stolen photography equipment
On the 28th 26th April, Zanele returned home from Seoul, South Korea to discover that all her work between 2008 and 2012 stored on 20 hard drives and including backups had been stolen on the 20th. The thieves also stole…
Bleeding in progress – making public the violence of rape
Visual activist, Zanele Muholi discusses her most recent photographic installation “Isilumo Siyaluma”
Isilumo Siyaluma: An artist responds to rape
Isilumo siyaluma (2006-2011) by Zanele Muholi It started as a thumb print Isilumo siyaluma is a Zulu expression…
“Shedding light on sexuality and gender”
A review by Lerato Dumse of Zanele Muholi’s solo exhibition which opened in Joburg last Thursday. Lerato is part of the Free Gender collective. Free Gender will be hosting the first lesbian conference in the township on the 5/6 August…
Difficult Love a Film by Zanele Muholi
Difficult Love will be showing at the Toronto LGBT Film Festival Review of Difficult Love by Nadia Sanger Difficult Love and Faces and Phases do more than merely sketch Muholi’s life, however, or document the existence of black queer people…
Unforgotten Faces – Acknowledging Black Womyn of South Africa  Busisiwe Sigasa For Artscape Women’s
Unforgotten Faces – Acknowledging Black Womyn of South Africa Busisiwe Sigasa For Artscape Women’s Festival 2010, Zanele Muholi and Ellen Eisenman have produced a collection of photographs that celebrate women’s lives. They recognize and honor the living as well as…
Just doing my job
Zanele Muholi’s installation on the objectification and commodification of the female body – “I’m Just Doing My Job” at the Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town. The installation uses raw meat parts in mimicking the women in Japan whose bodies are…
Gay Station Exhibition In August of last year, Zanele Muholi [Faces and Phases] and Gabrielle Le Roux
Gay Station Exhibition In August of last year, Zanele Muholi [Faces and Phases] and Gabrielle Le Roux [Proudly African & Transgender] shared an exhibition of their work in Amsterdam. So proud to see my portrait was one of those chosen…
Gaystation Exhibition African LGBTI
In August of last year, Zanele Muholi [Faces and Phases] and Gabrielle Le Roux [Proudly African & Transgender] shared an exhibition of their work in Amsterdam. So proud to see my portrait was one of those chosen by Zanele for…
Reflections on the self: portraits by five African photographers
Reflections on the Self is curated by Christine Eyene and will be shown at the Royal Festival Hall from 8 March — 3 April 2011. Reflections on the Self presents women’s visual narratives, as told through self-portraits and portraits of other…
Side by Side: Kehinde Wiley & Zanele Muholi
Khi Baldwin, on bklyn boihood makes the connection between the “queer portraiture of Zanele’s photography and Kehinde Wiley’s paintings “In thinking about how dope it is to see Muholi’s representations of queer people of color, it reminded me of seeing…