Manyatsa Monyamane
Manyatsa Monyamane, Lekgotla: Kgobokano ya di Polelo , 2022, installation views
Lekgotla: Kgobokano ya di Polelo
in partial fulfilment of a Master of Arts in Fine Art
19 - 22 April
This absence of black women photographers in documented history of photography and art is an uncomfortable reminder of the lack of visibility of black women in the visual arts, and even more so, in photography. This study seeks to dispel the false notion that black women photographers in South Africa did not exist pre-1994. Though their personal and social histories do not fit neatly into the prevailing standards of what constitutes professional photography, I boldly declare these women as the first and unacknowledged generation of black women photographers in South Africa.
Photography by Reshma Chhiba