A nostalgic journey through analogue photography that bridges generations and memories
The photographer’s study looks at appearance-based prejudice
Photographer Saaiqa shares the story of how she captured this picture that reflects both the socioeconomic realities of our country and simple companionship
The photographer’s images of Jo’burg capture its busyness and complexities
“We tend to interpret portraits as though we were reading something inherent in the person portrayed … We easily link the people’s facial features to the content of their…
“The most beautiful portraits of humans often occur when a person allows you in to glimpse the vulnerability and rawness of their being.”
Photography is an art plagued by colonial voyeurism and today’s creators need to keep this in mind
Here one witnessed an array of voices, of colour mostly, speaking for themselves, speaking on their experiences.
The first day of the third Black Portraitures conference featured a panel titled “ Our Lives as Theory: LGBTQI & African… remixed".
Opening of In Context: Africans in America at Goodman Gallery Johannesburg, November 17 2016.
Mark, whose unflinching portraits of child prostitutes, mental patients and the homeless made her a leading documentary photographer, has died at 75.
In the fashion of great African studio photographers, Lakin Ogunbanwo tears down and rebuilds portraiture in his own image, writes Stefanie Jason.
The death of Lucien Freud highlights a specific crisis in the art of the traditional portrait.
