Tag Archives: Photography

2015 June 28: Beauties from Faces celebrating their Phases

Posted on June 28, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Where: Durban, South Africa Being a woman is more to it than being a pretty face or have gorgeous make up that covers blemishes and pimples but it is about mostly the amount of struggle, trials and tribulations that one … Continue reading →

Posted in Black bodies, Creating awareness, Power of the Voice, Scripted, Voice, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources | Tagged Another approach is possible, Articles, Beauties in Faces and Phases, Beauty is a Right, Connections, Durban, Experience, Expression, Faces and Phases series, Fashion, Feelings, Friendships, Hair, Human beings, Intelligence, Loving Life, Participants..., Phila Mbanjwa, Photography, Related, Respect, Selfie for selves, Sexuality, South Africa, Style, Tinashe Wakapila, Writing is a Right, Young women | 3 Comments

2015 May 28: The last London supper

Posted on June 18, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Dalisu Ngobese So the night we came to London for had come, with hugs, smiles and kisses on both cheeks the room was filled with anticipation and nerves started to show on Zanele’s laughter. A slight uneasiness that I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Creating awareness, Expression, Memories, Memory, Moments in our history, My life in short, Naming, Networking, Open conversations, Open relationships, Organizing, Ownership of the self, Owning our bodies, Power of the Arts, Power of the Voice, Reflections, South Africa, Subject of Art, Thoughts, Touching, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Announcement, Another approach is possible, Art, Articles, beauty, Black community, Black Lesbian, Black lesbians, Collaborations, community, Competition, Dalisu Ngobese, Deutsch Borse Photography Prize, Disappointment, Education, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Faces and Phases, Family, Feelings, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Life, London, Photography, Presentation, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, South Africa, The nomination, Visual history, Voices, We love photography, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | Leave a comment

2015 May 19: “I wasn’t comfortable with the one before”

Posted on June 17, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

I am Nondi Nomkhita Ntombehlanga Mamntambo Vokwana born Nondi Cungwa on the 30th October 1981. I’m what they would call a bastard child, my parents Zikisa Vokwana and Xoliswa Cungwa were both in High School when they had me. My mother was in grade 11 … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Expression, Power of the Voice, South Africa, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged Acceptance, activism, Activities, Articles, Attacked, Audience, beauty, Black Lesbian, Black Lesbian professionals, Black lesbians, Blessed, Collaborations, Comfort, CPUT, Crush, Death, Dreams, Dropped out, Early Childhood Development (ECD), Eastern Cape, Education, Experience, Expression, Extended family members, Faces and Phases participant, Facilitator, Family, Fashion, Feelings, Friendships, God, Home, Honest, Independent, IsiXhosa is a South African language, Kayamandi, Knowledge, Life, Life story, Love, Loved, Loving, Memory, Nondi Vokwana, Parents, Personal Journey, Photography, Port Elizabeth, Priority, Relationships, Relative, Respect, Rumours, Schools, Self, Sexuality, South Africa, Stellenbosch, Survived, Survivor, Time, Tonwship, Translator, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, We love photography, Women, Words, Writing is a Right | 2 Comments

2015 June 15: Being given the opportunity to study photography

Posted on June 16, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

My name is Mamello Motaung, I started my career in photography at the Market Photo Workshop (MPW), on the 4th of March 2015. Zanele Muholi introduced me to MPW. The first week of my schooling was hectic. I didn’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Edutainment, Art is Queer, As we are, Before You, Black Lesbians, Camera, Confidence, Edited by Lerato Dumse, From Daveyton township with love, Knowledge, Muholi Internship & Mentorship Programme, Passion, Writing is a Right | Tagged Acceptance, Action, Activists, Another approach is possible, Archive, Article, beauty, Being, Black Lesbian photographers, Black lesbians, Blackness, Body, Camera work, Career, Collaborations, Culture, Democracy, Edited by Lerato Dumse, Faces and Phases, Inkanyiso media, Johannesburg, Judge, Knowledge, Learn, Life story, Live, Love, Loving, Mamello 'Meme' Motaung, Market Photo Workshop, Opportunity, Participants..., Photography, Relationships, Visual history, We love photographs, We love photography, Zanele Muholi | 1 Comment

2015 June 7: My Yithi Laba experience

Posted on June 13, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Shaz ‘Sicka Star-ban’ Mthunzi On Friday, 5th of June 2015 we had our first conference called Yithi Laba, it was one of many more to come in the future which will involve Faces and Phases participants from different fields hosted by … Continue reading →

Posted in Abantu, Activism, Allies, Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Art Activism in South Africa, Art Edutainment, Art Is A Human Right, Black Queer & Gifted, Butch Mbokodo, Collectivism, Community Mobilizing, Filmmaking, Life, Love, Memory, Motivation, Opinion, Participation, Realities, Relationships, Shaz 'Sicka' Mthunzi, Short report, Visual activism, We are beautiful, We Are You, We love photographs, We Still Can with/out Resources | Tagged 2015, 21 Years of democracy, Acceptance, Act, Action, Another approach is possible, Art, Articles, “Kea” Refilwe Modise Moloto, beauty, Being, Black Lesbian Youth, Black lesbians, Bodies, Braamfontein, Christie van Zyl, Collaborations, community, Con Hill, Connections, Culture, Dedication, dialogue, Documenting our lives, Faces and Phases participants, Family, If not documented it means never existed, Inkanyiso media, Intergenerational movement, Johannesburg, Joy, Laughter, Lerato Dumse, Lindeka Qampi, Malibongwe Swane, Mothers, Mothers of Lesbians, Mzonke Madotyeni, Organizers, Our lives in the picture, Our pride, Participants..., Photography, Presentations, South Africa, Support, Words, Writing is a Right, Yithi Laba conference, Young Women's Initiatives, Zanele Muholi | 3 Comments

2015 May 30: The Deutsche Borse exhibition opening that was…

Posted on May 30, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Where: The Photographers Gallery London. Photos by MaliQ & Renee Mussai and Lerato Dumse When: 2015/04/16 For 2015 Deutsche Borse Photo Prize Cameras used: iPhone 6 and Canon 6d … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Expression, Power of the Voice, South Africa, South African lesbians, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Visual activism, Visual activism is a language, Visual Activist, Visual democracy, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Allies, Collaborations, Education, Experience, Feelings, Freedom to be me..., Homosexuality, Human beings, Inscriptions, Life, London, Photography, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, The Photographers Gallery, We love photography, Zanele Muholi | Leave a comment

2015 May 5: My journey so far in life

Posted on May 18, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Nosipo Solundwana My name is Nosipo Gloria Solundwana, also known as SPHOLA. I am a 27-year-old ‘butch’ lesbian living on the East-Rand, in Katlehong. I live with my four siblings and I am the first born at home. I … Continue reading →

Posted in A new visual history, Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Expression, Power of the Voice, South Africa, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Words, Work, Writing is a Right, Writing matters | Tagged 27 Year old, Abilities, Action, activism, Activists, “"Faces and Phases 2006-14”, Baragwanath Hospital, beauty, Belongings, Birth, Black lesbians, Budget, Butch, Celebration, Clean, curse, Doctors, Drugs, East-Rand, Education, Faces and Phases participant, Feelings, Female chores, Food, Gift, Happy life, Hardship, Homosexuality, Hospital, Human beings, Inkanyiso media, intersex, Johannesburg, Katlehong, Lesbian, Life, Life story, livestock, Living..., Lord, Loving, Medical operation, Mentor, Nosipo Solundwana, Photography, Positivity, Relationships, School, Sexuality, Sick, South Africa, Suffering, Thankful, uMthatha, Visual history, Water, We love photography | 13 Comments

2015 March 24: LGBTIQs of Kayamandi attended the book launch

Posted on May 17, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Nondi Vokwana The group was invited to attend Faces and Phases (2006-14) book launch by Zanele Muholi held at the University of Cape Town, African Gender Institute on March 24, 2015. Thirteen group members from the Silubala Safe Space, Kayamandi, … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lesbian Icons in South Africa, Black lesbian visibility, Freedom, Freedom of being, FreeGender, Gender Equality, Gender expression, Networking, Organizations, Our lives in the picture, Participants, Participation, Reality, Reason, Recognition, recognized, South African politics, South African struggle, Stories, Visions, Visual activism, Visual activism is a language, Visual Activist, Visual Activist in the classroom, Visual democracy, Visual diaries | Tagged Action, Another approach is possible, beauty, Black lesbians, Cape Town, Collaborations, community, Education, Experience, Expression, Feelings, Friendships, Homosexuality, Human beings, Kayamandi, Life, Lindeka Qampi, Nondi Vokwana, Photography, Relationships, Silubala Safe Space, South Africa, Stellenbosch, University of Cape Town, Voices, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | Leave a comment

2015 April 20: My best experience in New York

Posted on May 15, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Terra Dick On Friday, April 17 I received an SMS from Zanele Muholi that I must call Baba Zenzi and Mam’ Magesh Zungu about our New York trip the following day. I called them and arranged to meet at … Continue reading →

Posted in a black lesbian, A new visual history, Background, Beautiful people, Beauty, Before You, Being, Being conscientized, Being heard, Blessings, Creating awareness, Creative Writing, Women's power, Women; Voices; Writings; Education; Traditions; Struggles; Cultures, Womenonwomen, Words, Writing is a Right, Writing matters | Tagged Accommodation, Africans Abroad, AirBnB, Being part, Brooklyn, Collaborations, Comparison, Connection, Cost of living is high in New York, Couple, Daring, Documenting our lives, Dollar, Dubai, Education, Embraced, Excitement, Experience, Family, Feelings, First time in New York, Friendships, From Johannesburg to New York, Happy, Homosexuality, Inkanyiso media, Intergenerational conversation, Life, Long journey, Love, Loving, MaGesh, Networking, Participation, Pastor Z. Zungu, Photography, Rand, Relationships, Respect, Securit, Sexuality, South Africa, Spiritual activists, Terra Dick, The Zungus from VMCI (Durban), Travel by aeroplane, Travel diary, United states of America, Visual activism, Visual history, Wifi, Willingness, Yellow cabs | 2 Comments

2015 May 9: A Review of Isibonelo/Evidence I

Posted on May 10, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Adejoke Tugbiyele Photos by Terra Dick Zanele Muholi’s beautiful works are currently on view at the Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. It includes photographs of several dozen black and white portraits of lesbians and transgendered … Continue reading →

Posted in Committed, Community | Tagged "State of visual activism", 21 Years of democracy, Acceptance, activism, Adejoke Tugbiyele, Adejoke Tugbiyele bio, Another approach is possible, Archive, Black and White portraits, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art., Citizens, Collaborations, Connections, Dedication, Education, Empowerment, exhibition, Experience, Faces and Phases, Feelings, Homosexuality, human rights, Injustice, Isibonelo/Evidence, LGBTI communities, Life, Life stories, Living..., Loving, New York, Nigeria, Of Existence and Resistance, PEN: Queer Futures, Photography, portraits of lesbians and transgendered people in South Africa, Powerful, Protections, Queer citizens, Related links, Relationships, Respect, Review, Sacrifice, Sexuality, South Africa, South African Queer Visual history, Violations, Visual activism, Visual history, We love photography, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | 3 Comments

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Tag Archives: Photography

2015 May 28: The last London supper

2015 May 19: “I wasn’t comfortable with the one before”

2015 June 15: Being given the opportunity to study photography

2015 June 7: My Yithi Laba experience

2015 May 30: The Deutsche Borse exhibition opening that was…

2015 May 5: My journey so far in life

2015 March 24: LGBTIQs of Kayamandi attended the book launch

2015 April 20: My best experience in New York

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