About the South-african photographer, Zanele MUHOLI (b. 1972, in Umlazi)

Zanele MUHOLI is a visual activist &and photographer, co-founder of the 'Forum for the Empowerment of Women' and founder of 'Inkanyiso', a forum for queer and visual media. She has received numerous awards for her work, including France's prestigious 'Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres' (2018); themICP Infinity Award for Documentary and Photojournalism (2016); the Fine Prize for an emerging artist at Carnegie International 2013; the Prince Claus Award (2013); and both the Casa África Prize for Best Photographer and the Fondation Blachère Prize at the Biennial of African Photography Les Rencontres de Bamako (2009). Zanele MUHOLI is honorary professor at the University of the Arts Bremen.

Photo books by Zanele MUHOLI

'Faces and Phases' (2010); 'Only half the Picture' (2011); 'Faces and Phases. 2006-2014' (2014); 'Somnyama Ngonyama: Hail the Dark Lioness' (2018); 'Tate Catalogue' (2021)


Through frank and intimate photographic representations, the photo volume, 'Only Half the Story', by Zanele MUHOLI inspires a deeper understanding of the female form, skin color and different sexualities in a way that is unprecedented in South Africa.
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The photo volume 'Somnyama Ngonyama. Hail the Dark Lioness', the monograph by Zanele MUHOLI, one of today's most powerful visual activists, contains radical statements on identity, race and resistance, as well as a direct response to all forms of racism.
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  • Format: HC, 26,5 x 35,5 x 2,5 cm. (10,5 x 14 inch.), 212 pp., 100 tritone b/w ills., text language: English
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The comprehensive publication 'The How we See: Photobooks by Women' is an invaluable reference. Sien contains current and historical photo books by women photographers, a chronology and essays on the history and practice of photo books by women.
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  • Ed(s)/Author(s): Russet Miyako Lederman, Olga Yatskevich, Michael Lang, Kristen Lubben, Valentina Abenavoli
  • Book design: Laura COOMBS
  • Format: 1st print run, Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 25 x 20 x 2 cm.. 320 pp., richly color illustrated, text language: English
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Zanele MUHOLI became known for pictures that show the lives of black lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals, queers and intersex people beyond deviance and victimhood. This catalog contains images from her most important as well as unpublished works.
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The illustrated book 'Photography Now: Fifty Pioneers Defining Photography for the Twenty-First Century' by Charlotte Jansen includes works by D'AGATA, CREWDSON, GOLDIN, McGINLEY, MEISELAS, PARR, RUFF, SHERMAN, SUGIMOTO, TELLER, TILLMANS, WALL and YOKOTA.
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The photo volume 'Faces and Phases. 2006-2014' by Zanele MUHOLI with more than 250 portraits gives an eloquent testimony of life and struggle. They are an unparalleled and invaluable archive: marking, mapping and preserving a community for posterity.
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  • Format: HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 24 x 4 cm., 368 pp., b/w ills., text language: English
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