Zanele Muholi

About this book

Explore the stunning moving and exciting work of visual artist-activist Zanele Muholi 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. Muholis 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 Muholis 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 Muholis photographic and activist practice.