PHOTO Live Zanele Muholi in conversation

“I’m reclaiming my blackness, which I feel is continuously performed by the privileged other.” – Zanele Muholi

For over a decade, acclaimed South African photographer and visual activist Zanele Muholi has documented black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people’s lives in various townships in their home country. Concentrating their unrelenting gaze on underrepresented faces and scenes, Zanele Muholi pierces and dissects issues of race, sexuality and gender.

Photo Australia was proud to present an exclusive Melbourne talk with Zanele Muholi on Wednesday 18 March 2020. Muholi was in conversation with radio producer, presenter and educator Areej Nur. Nur is co-founder of African artist collective, Still Nomads as well as podcast network, Broadwave. Nur’s work seeks to support women of colour, particularly black women, to be at the forefront of conversations about media, arts, race and feminism in Australia. Due to social distancing measures the talk was held at MPavilion as a live streamed conversation without an audience.

This event was supported by Naomi Milgrom Foundation and MPavilion.

A presentation of Muholi's work including a new commission was shown at PHOTO 2021, in a partnership between Photo Australia and the Biennale of Sydney.