Published on the occasion of the exhibition Zanele Muholi at Tate Modern, London 5 November 2020 - 7 March 2021 ; Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris, 17 March - 6 June 2021 ; Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, 16 July - 31 October, 2021; Bildmuseet, Umea, 26 November 2021 - 17 April 2022. Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Glossary -- The queer spectacular : Zanele Muholi and visual redress / Candice Jansen -- Only half the picture -- Community and collectivity -- Uphathe umphako -- ukhumbul' ekhaya / Pamella Dlungwana -- Being -- Letter III : the archive other/wise / Renee Mussai -- Faces and phases -- Thinking activism : Zanele Muholi and queer photography histories / Sarah Allen -- Brave beauties -- Queering space through photography : Zanele Muholi's colour portraits / Yasufumi Nakamori -- Queering public space -- See anew : religion, marriage and funerals / Sindiwe Magona -- The skin they live in / Elvira Dyangani Ose -- Somnyama Ngonyama -- Another approach is possible / Sarah Allen -- Zanele Muholi and Katarina Pierre : a conversation -- Chronology / Sarah Allen and Bongani Matabane.
Summary:
Born in South Africa in 1972, Zanele Muholi came to prominence in the early 2000s with photographs that sought to envision black lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and intersex lives beyond deviance or victimhood. Muholi's work challenges hetero-patriarchal ideologies and representations, presenting the participants in their photographs as confident and beautiful individuals bravely existing in the face of prejudice, intolerance, and, frequently, violence. While Muholi's intimate photographs of others launched their international career, their intense self-portraits solidified it. The illustrations include images from the key series Muholi has produced over the past 20 years, as well as never-before-published and recent works. This book, and the exhibition it accompanies, present the full breadth of Muholi's photographic and activist practice.
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