Book: Faces and Phases (2006-14) by Zanele Muholi

A New Fine Art Photography Book:

Faces and Phases (2006-14)

by Zanele Muholi
368 Pages
Hardback
17 x 24 cm
English
ISBN 978-3-86930-807-4
1. Edition 09/2014

Shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2015

In Faces and Phases 2006–14, Zanele Muholi embarks on a journey of “visual activism” to ensure black queer and transgender visibility. Despite South Africa’s progressive Constitution and twenty years of democracy, black lesbians and transgender men remain the targets of brutal hate crimes and so-called corrective rapes. Taken over the past eight years, the more than 250 portraits in this book, accompanied by moving testimonies, present a compelling statement about the lives and struggles of these individuals. They also comprise an unprecedented and invaluable archive: marking, mapping and preserving an often invisible community for posterity.