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Lindokuhle Sobekwa

Lindokuhle Sobekwa

South African documentary photographer (born 1995)

Lindokuhle Sobekwa (born 1995) is a South African documentary photographer.[1] He is a Nominee member of Magnum Photos and based in Johannesburg.

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Life and work

Sobekwa was born in Katlehong, a township, 35 km from Johannesburg, South Africa.[2] He learned photography in 2012 through participation in the first Of Soul and Joy Project, an educational programme for young people run in the township of Thokoza;[3][4] the workshop was given by Bieke Depoorter and Cyprien Clément-Delmas.[5] His photo essay, Nyaope, about people who use the drug Nyaope in the township in which he lived and beyond,[1] was published by the South African newspaper Mail & Guardian in 2014[2] and by Vice[1] and De Standaard in 2015.[5] He joined Magnum Photos as a Nominee member in 2018.[6][7]

Publications

  • Free From my Happiness. With Sibusiso Bheka and Tshepiso Mazibuko. Edited by Bieke Depoorter and Tjorven Bruyneel. With essays by Sean O'Toole.

Awards

  • 2017: Selected for Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice program to develop I Carry Her Photo With Me.[2][8]
  • 2018: Magnum Foundation Fund grant, to continue his series Nyaope.[9][10][11]

Group exhibitions

  • No Man's Art Gallery pop-up gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, March–April 2014. Included Sobekwa's Series Nyaope.[12][13]
  • Free From My Happiness, International Photofestival of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, 2015; Perignem, Beernem, Belgium, April 2016; Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, May–August 2016.[14][15][16][17] Included Sobekwa's Series Nyaope as well as work by Sibusiso Bheka and Tshepiso Mazibuko. Curated by Tjorven Bruyneel and Bieke Depoorter.
  • No Man's Art Gallery pop-up gallery, Tehran, Iran, May–June 2016. Curated by Lih-Lan Wong, Zohreh Deldadeh and Emmelie Koster. Included Sobekwa's Series Nyaope.[18][19][20]
  • Fresh Produce, Turbine Art Fair, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 2016.[21]

References

  1. [1]
    Subotzky, Lindokuhle Sobekwa and Mikhael (20 July 2015). "Photos of Poverty and Addiction in South Africa". Vice. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Lindokuhle Sobekwa". Magnum Photos. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Thokoza, The Home Of SA's Future Photographers". HuffPost South Africa. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Supporting New Talents and Perspectives in Photography • Magnum Photos". 28 November 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Dat heet dan geluk". De Standaard. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Magnum Photos' international new wave of Nominees". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Magnum Photos Names 5 New Nominees". Photo District News. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  8. [8]
    "Announcing the 2018 Photography and Social Justice Fellows". Magnum Foundation. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Announcing the 2018 Magnum Foundation Fund Grantees". Magnum Foundation. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  10. [10]
    Gonzalez, David (30 May 2018). "Chronicling the Lives of Women Along the Colombian-Venezuelan Border". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  11. [11]
    "8 Photographers Win Magnum Foundation Fund Grant". Photo District News. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  12. [12]
    "Blog". No Man's Art Gallery. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  13. [13]
    "Exhibitions". Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  14. [14]
    "F-Stop Magazine". F-Stop Magazine. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  15. [15]
    "Free from my Happiness". Domus. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  16. [16]
    "Free From My Happiness Of Soul and Joy". Rubis Mécénat. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  17. [17]
    Torchia, Christopher (3 June 2017). "A top African art gallery struggles to keep its footing". Associated Press. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  18. [18]
    "Curator's Note – Lih-Lan Wong, curator of NMAG's Tehran pop-up". No Man's Art Gallery. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  19. [19]
    "Exhibitions". No Man's Art Gallery. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  20. [20]
    "No Man's Art Gallery to open in Iran to foster cultural cross-fertilization". Mehr News Agency. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  21. [21]
    "7 Reasons You Should Visit the Turbine Art Fair". www.art.co.za. Retrieved 19 January 2019.


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