Zanele Muholi in conversation with photography curator John Fleetwood and independent curator and writer Missla Libsekal.
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Kelebogile Ntladi has been selected to showcase her work at the Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie 2022. Next year’s Biennale curated by Iris Sikking and titled From Where I Stand, is about “photographic practices at the crossroads of contemporary art, journalism and activism.”
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The Centre of Learning for Photography in Africa (CLPA) has been selected to showcase 19 of its photographers at the 6th edition of the Photo Vogue Festival 2021 in Milan, Italy. This year’s theme is REFRAMING HISTORY: “an exploration of projects that aim to present an alternative view, reinventing neglected historical figures or questioning stereotyped narratives.
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Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo (b. 1993) is a photographer based in Lawley, Johannesburg. He uses the shebeen run by his parents as a studio in which to investigate themes of first-hand and generational trauma, violence and memory.
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Neptune Alexandre was born (1992) and works in Luanda, Angola. As a toddler, Alexandre moved to Lisbon his family. His work focuses on questions of identity and belonging, with a special focus on the influence of external dominant cultures on youth in Africa.
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Nizar Saleh is a photographer, videographer and graphic designer based in Kinshasa, DRC. He participated in the Photography Masterclass conducted by John Fleetwood at the Ecole des Beaux Artes which ran over two years. (2017-2019) The body of work, INKshasa was shown in the resulting exhibition Connecté/ Connected.
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Moss Moeng was born in Diepkloof, Soweto in 1994. A graduate of the Market Photo Workshop, he was mentored by John Fleetwood and Jodi Bieber.
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Mauro Vombe, born (1988) and based in Maputo, Mozambique, started photographing in 2004. His work draws from his earlier experiences in theatre - wanting to unveil hidden feelings. He is interested in how the individual is positioned and understood within the collective. Much of his work finds resonance from working as a news and events reporter. Vombe has received numerous awards locally and internationally. He is interested in the stories of real people, reflecting the world we live in.
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Kelebogile Ntladi (b.1987) is a Johannesburg-based photographer, mixed media artist and videographer. She was born in Soweto and raised in the east of Johannesburg. Ntladi has worked with various Queer and activist media organisations in Johannesburg, including Keleketla Library, Inkanyiso Productions, the Iranti Organisation and the African Arts Institute. She was mentored by the renown photographer Muholi.
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Jansen Van Staden has won the Charta Dummy Award 2021 for the best photobook dummy, his titled ‘Microlight’.
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Born in Potchefstroom in 1986, Van Staden uses street photography as a conceptual entry point to reflect on personal and social constructs of belonging and disconnect.
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For the South African Pavilion, Dubai Expo 2020, Photo:, on commission by the South African Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, is producing an animated visual projection of photographic work which transforms and emphasizes flora and fauna of South African as its major theme.
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Jabulani Dhlamini (b.1983, South Africa) lives and works in Johannesburg. Dhlamini majored in documentary photography at the Vaal University of Technology. From 2011-2012, Dhlamini was the recipient of the Edward Ruiz Mentorship and completed a year-long residency at the Market Photo Workshop.
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Godelive Kasangati Kabena lives and works in Kinshasa, DRC. She received her diploma in painting from the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Kinshasa, DRC in 2018. Her photographic work is concerned with questions of personal and cultural identity, memory and place.
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The democraSEE Dar es Salaam photography workshop was held from 30 Aug – 11 Sep 2021 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Presented by the Goethe-Institut Tanzania, Goethe-Institut Johannesburg, Photo:, with facilitators John Fleetwood, Nicholas Calvin, this workshop brought together 10 photographers from Tanzania who, through photography, seek to explore issues impacting on in/visibilities and positionality towards open societies.
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On 7 October 2021 John Fleetwood and Daylin Paul spoke to James Sey about ‘Collecting Photos – Photography as collectable and investment’.
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Photo: has partnered with visual website builder Fotomat to create websites showcasing the talents of nine African photographers. Aimed at increasing visibility of the photographers’ work and contemporary African photography as a whole at a time when Covid-19 has shifted interactions and engagement online, the websites play a pivotal role in creating platforms to showcase important work from across the continent.
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Photo: and Photography Education Trust hosted the 2nd 10:10 of 2021 on 09 Jun.
This is the second online iteration of the 10:10 to date. As was the case at the last 10:10 held in February, this allowed us to welcome participants and responders from across the continent at a time where the Covid-19 pandemic has made in person gatherings near impossible.
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The democraSEE workshop is a 10-day photography encounter in Abidjan to encourage new photography stories and discussions on issues relating to how we understand our changing world and the changes within photography.
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