South African artist Zanele Muholi spent a year photographing images of joy and sorrow for her powerful Of Love And Loss exhibition.
Photographer Zanele Muholi spent 2013 documenting weddings and funerals in the LGBT community of South Africa – juxtaposing emotional events that often go hand in hand.
ZANELE MUHOLI/Promise & Gift's wedding I. Daveyton, 2013
Her work has been compiled into a full exhibition,Of Love And Loss, currently on display at the Stevenson contemporary art gallery space in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
Duduzile Zozo's Funeral. Thokoza, July 2013 / Via ZANELE MUHOLI
At the show's opening, Muholi stripped down and placed herself inside this clear coffin.
The exhibition involves a photography series, video, and an installation.
ZANELE MUHOLI
Muholi's objective is to empower LGBT individuals who are "silenced by a society which in principle has constitutional obligation to provide a platform to tell their stories, through their own voices, which currently is not the reality."
Ziningi & Delisile Ndlela's wedding VI. Chesterville, Durban, 15 June 2013 / Via ZANELE MUHOLI
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