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Zanele Muholi: queer South African visual activist cements their global influence
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Kylie Thomas, researcher at the Radical Humanities Laboratory and School of History and Art History has published an article in the Conversation. The article focuses on the work of Zanele Muholi, who was awarded the world's largest prize for photography, the Hasselblad Award, in 2026. South African visual activist Zanele Muholi’s celebrated work centres the lives and experiences of Black lesbians and trans people. For more than two decades Muholi has used photography to courageously open space for queer representation within and outside of art galleries in South Africa and across the world.
Kylie Thomas, researcher at the Radical Humanities Laboratory and School of History and Art History has published an article in the Conversation. The article focuses on the work of Zanele Muholi, who was awarded the world's largest prize for photography, the Hasselblad Award, in 2026. South African visual activist Zanele Muholi’s celebrated work centres the lives and experiences of Black lesbians and trans people. For more than two decades Muholi has used photography to courageously open space for queer representation within and outside of art galleries in South Africa and across the world.
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