2016 Aug. 20 When Faces Meet in Joburg
… we do what we do best. Photos by Zanele Muholi Camera used: Canon 6d with 85mm lens on tripod How the photo was taken: 10 sec self timed… What’s the occasion: Faces and Phases photo shoot Who’s in...
View Article2016 Aug. 9: Look back and go forward
by Mbali Zulu Mbali Zulu, KwaThema, Springs, Johannesburg, 2010 Look back and go forward. Looking at the picture of the group I am forced to look back and go forward. What is it that I am looking back...
View Article2016 July 28: See Me…
Text by Lindiwe Dhlamini Photos by Luyanda Mthembu Often in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Asexual, Queer + (LGBTIAQ+) community we have a tendency not to acknowledge one another....
View Article2016 June 26: All black everything at the Black Queer Social JOZI
Text by Rene Mathibe Photos by Ndileka Lujabe & Xolile Magubane Black Queers in Johannesburg were excited to hear that Queers on Smash was organizing a Black Queer social to be held at King Kong in...
View Article2016 June 11: United Queer Nations
by Lerato Dumse “My name is Lindeka Qampi, I was born in 1969 and I’m a mother of four kids; I will start with my background.” These were the soft-spoken words used by Qampi when she opened the...
View Article2016 May 17: Launching Kwa-Thema Photo XP
by Lerato Dumse The session starts with Zanele Muholi asking how many participants are in the project. People have to start writing, and Khanyisile Mtungwa is asked to borrow fellow participants a...
View Article2016 June 10: Contains Explicit content for good knowledge Aluta Continua
by Tinashe Wakapila I always imagined the liberation of coming out when I was in the closet. The times I came out I felt a burden lift off my chest and weight off my shoulders. That feeling lasted only...
View Article2016 May 31: When I make love to you
by Shirley Ndaba I want to crawl inside your mind and make your imagination run wild, I want to lay you down, connect to your body, listen and understand it’s language. I want to reach to the depth of...
View Article2016 June 2: Reflections galore at Pietermaritzburg F&P book launch
By Lerato Dumse Between signing books and figuring out the Johannesburg vs Pietermaritzburg (PMB) versions of IsiZulu, Faces and Phases (F&P) participants and attendants caught on like a house on...
View Article2016 May 14: Not Yet Free concert at Bassline
Text by Lebo Mashifane Photos by Tumi Nkopane The practicals of our PhotoXP have been exciting, they got even more exciting when we went to Joburg CBD. On Saturday 14 May 2016, we shot a concert hosted...
View Article2016 April 18: “I have never seen so many Queer people under one roof…”
by Thembisa Cordelia Mhlawuli We are all born with greatness within, of course greatness is determined by the grace of your services to others. Humanity stands to be the one greatness within, which...
View Article2016 April 24: “Only a few people really know my sadness
Sunday, that was the day we saw each other again after so long. Somehow I wasn’t as smooth as I wanted to be, but there She was on my door step. We had a young chat; spoke about life, very briefly....
View Article2016 March 25: VMCI unpacking the crucifixion of Jesus
Text by Lerato Dumse Photographs by Lizzy Muholi & Lindeka Qampi Victory Ministries Church International (VMCI) held another successful annual three-day Easter Convention. Marianhill, founded by...
View Article2016 April 2: Faces and Phases follow-ups
by Lerato Dumse The intercom from downstairs rings around 9am on Saturday April 2 2016 and Sandisiwe Dlamini quickly answers it. The security guard announces, “Ziyanda has arrived,” after Sandisiwe...
View Article2016 Jan. 26: My Educational visit to Jozi Maboneng – LGBTI
by Wendy Khumalo Day 1 On arrival at Zanele Muholi’s home we already had appointments scheduled for the day. The first was with an upmarket accounting firm in Sandton; this was truly going to be an...
View Article2016 Feb. 7: Second Infinity award for South Africa
by Lerato Dumse It has been a good start to 2016 for Zanele Muholi, who is selected as an honouree for the 32nd annual Infinity Awards. The International Center of Photography (ICP) made the...
View Article2016 Jan. 31 Best of Black Girls Only
Photo Album by Lindeka Qampi/ Inkanyiso media What: Black Girls Only Where: Women’s Jail, Braamfontein, Con Hill When: 31.01.2016 Camera used: Canon 6d hand held...
View Article2016 Jan. 31: Muholi’s upcoming mo(ve)ments
Feb. 2016: Announcements on upcoming exhibition, artist talk/lectures in the US Source: Posters provided by hosts and partners Previous lectures: 2015 Dec. 8: Cultural exchange from...
View Article2016 Jan. 22 Lyle Ashton Harris talk at Nirox Arts…
Photo Album by Lerato Dumse & Sandisiwe Dlamini Where: Nirox Arts Space, Johannesburg, South Africa Related link 2016 Jan. 25: Creative Artists share...
View Article2015 Oct. 14: Brief visit to Amherst
by Lerato Dumse While we were attending the Fire & Ink LGBT conference in Detroit, USA, Zanele Muholi informed me that she had confirmed her presence at Amherst College, in Massachusetts from...
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