2014 July 17: Ack B(L)ACK aches

Posted on July 17, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Self portraits

© Zanele Muholi
2014/07/17
Where:  My bedroom/ studio @ Cite Des Arts in Paris
Camera used: Canon 60D with zoom lens EF-S 28 – 135mm lens (gold)
on Manfrotto MKC3-H01
No artificial light.

2014 July 17 Muholi in Black sm_554719h47
17/07/2014

 

fifiyela sm_554019h44
17/07/2014

 

2014 July 17 Muholi in Black sm_554319h45
17/07/2014
two days before my birthday

 

on zamumania20h05
18/07/2014… mourning all the innocent lives lost that morning

 

still mourning521h13
… on zamumania
tackling – ‘racism’ through art -activism

 

Am indebted to Valerie Thomas, Laurence Prat and Cynthia Caubisens for bringing some of the important political issues to my attention…

 

 

 

Previous articles

 

2014 July 19: Paris post cards from Cite Des Arts

 

and

 

2014 July 15:  “Intombi” – Photo of the day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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