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In the series Faces and Phases, Muholi aims to reflect a more representative society by photographing individuals across the spectrum from soccer player to dancer, a scholar to a human rights activist.  Having been excluded from any formal gay rights movement until post-Apartheid, Muholi attempts to address the issues of violation and prejudice these communities still face.","physicalDescription":"Black and white photograph of a woman with close cropped hair wearing a black shirt with white stripes standing in front of a black and white backdrop with her hands in her pockets and looking out towards the viewer.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Zanele Muholi","id":"AUTH315967"},"association":{"text":"photographer","id":"x43821"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Zanele Muholi","id":"AUTH315967"},"association":{"text":"photographer","id":"x43821"},"note":"Zanele Muholi is one of the most acclaimed photographers working today. 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Describing themself as a visual activist, Muholi’s self-proclaimed mission is \"to re-write a black queer and trans visual history of South Africa for the world to know of our resistance and existence at the height of hate crimes in SA and beyond.\" Through evocative and positive imagery, Muholi hopes to offset the stigma and negativity attached to queer identity in African society."}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[{"text":"photography","id":"AAT54225"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"gelatin silver print","categories":[{"text":"Photographs","id":"THES48910"},{"text":"Portraits","id":"THES48906"},{"text":"Gender and Sexuality","id":"THES48940"},{"text":"LGBTQ","id":"THES266921"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2021NB6176"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"514","id":"THES49549"},"free":"","case":"COS","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"photograph","id":"AAT46300"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"South Africa","id":"x30058"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"2010","earliest":"2010-01-01","latest":"2010-12-31"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Michael Stevenson gallery, Cape Town, 2011","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"86.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Paper","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"60.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Paper","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"76.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Image","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"50.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Image","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Included in exhibition 'Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography' at the V&A, 12 April - 17 July 2011.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Gelatin silver print photographic portrait, 'Bakhambile Skhosana, Natalspruit' from the series 'Faces and Phases', by Zanele Muholi, South Africa, 2010","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Figures and Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography","id":"AUTH318336"},"details":"Germany: Steidl, 2011","free":"image appears on page 188/189"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Limited edition","id":"THES48862"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"lesbian","id":"THES266897"},{"text":"gay","id":"THES266884"},{"text":"homosexual","id":"THES266894"},{"text":"butch","id":"THES266829"},{"text":"portrait","id":"AAT15637"}],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"homosexuality","id":"AAT55188"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"<b>Known and Strange: Photographs from the Collection (2021-2022)\r\nPhotography Centre, Gallery 101</b>\r\n\r\nZanele Muholi (born 1972)\n\r\nNosipho 'Brown' Solundwana, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2007\r\nSosi Molotsane, Yeoville, Johannesburg, 2007\r\nBakhambile Skhosana, Natalspruit, 2010\r\nAmogelang Senokwane, District Six, Cape Town, 2009\n\r\nFrom the series Faces and Phases, 2007–10\n\r\nMuholi’s work exposes the persistent violence and discrimination faced by the South African Black LGBTQIA+ community. 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