Why Lifting Up the Next Generation of Queer South African Photographers is Integral to Zanele Muholi’s Work

Meka Boyle, Elephant Art, August 3, 2023

"The group show at Jonathan Carver Moore is the first time Muholi and the young photographers have exhibited together outside of South Africa. Here, Mfazwe’s four self-portraits provide a poignant and tender portrayal of their transition. In Chulumanco, 2022, the trans activist and artist relaxes on his back, nude, facing the viewer, the scars from his top surgery centred in the frame. In Abalele, 2022, he holds his pre-transition passport to the lens, obscuring his face (save for his goatee), which appears to be standing strong, staring out into the future."

 

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