Lindokuhle Sobekwa Explained

Lindokuhle Sobekwa
Nationality:South African
Known For:Photography

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

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] The book I carry Her photo with Me (2024) "centres around his years-long search for a sister he never really knew, and who passed away when he was younger."[8] [9]

Publications

Awards

Group exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lindokuhle Sobekwa and Mikhael. Subotzky. 2019-01-19. Photos of Poverty and Addiction in South Africa. 20 July 2015. Vice.
  2. Web site: 2019-01-19. Lindokuhle Sobekwa. Magnum Photos.
  3. Web site: 2019-01-19. Thokoza, The Home Of SA's Future Photographers. 6 July 2018. HuffPost South Africa.
  4. Web site: 2019-01-20. Supporting New Talents and Perspectives in Photography • Magnum Photos. 28 November 2018.
  5. Web site: 2019-01-19. Dat heet dan geluk. De Standaard. 8 August 2015 .
  6. Web site: 2019-01-19. Magnum Photos' international new wave of Nominees. British Journal of Photography.
  7. Web site: 2019-01-19. Magnum Photos Names 5 New Nominees . Photo District News. 27 June 2018.
  8. Web site: 2024-06-05 . Lindokuhle Sobekwa's book documents his search for a lost sibling . 2024-06-16 . Creative Review . en-UK.
  9. News: Cooke . Rachel . 2024-06-16 . ‘In South Africa, you hear of disappearance all the time': one photographer's search for his sister's missing years . 2024-06-16 . The Observer . en-GB . 0029-7712.
  10. Web site: 2019-01-19. Announcing the 2018 Photography and Social Justice Fellows. Magnum Foundation. 30 May 2018 .
  11. Web site: 2019-01-20. Announcing the 2018 Magnum Foundation Fund Grantees. Magnum Foundation. 30 May 2018 .
  12. News: David. Gonzalez. 2019-01-20. Chronicling the Lives of Women Along the Colombian-Venezuelan Border. The New York Times. 30 May 2018. 0362-4331.
  13. Web site: 2019-01-20. 8 Photographers Win Magnum Foundation Fund Grant. 31 May 2018. Photo District News.
  14. Web site: 2019-01-20. Blog. No Man's Art Gallery.
  15. Web site: 2019-01-20. Exhibitions.
  16. Web site: 2019-01-19. F-Stop Magazine. 30 May 2015. F-Stop Magazine.
  17. Web site: 2019-01-19. Free from my Happiness. Domus.
  18. Web site: 2019-01-19. Free From My Happiness Of Soul and Joy. Rubis Mécénat.
  19. Web site: Christopher. Torchia. 2019-01-19. A top African art gallery struggles to keep its footing. 3 June 2017. Associated Press.
  20. Web site: 2019-01-20. Curator's Note – Lih-Lan Wong, curator of NMAG's Tehran pop-up. No Man's Art Gallery.
  21. Web site: 2019-01-20. Exhibitions. No Man's Art Gallery.
  22. Web site: 2019-01-20. No Man's Art Gallery to open in Iran to foster cultural cross-fertilization. 18 March 2016. Mehr News Agency.
  23. Web site: 2019-01-19. 7 Reasons You Should Visit the Turbine Art Fair. www.art.co.za.

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