“I’m reclaiming my blackness,which I feel is continuously performed by the privileged other," says South African photographer Zanele Muholi. Born in 1972 in Umlazi, and a township close to Durban,Muholi defines herself as a visual activist using photography to articulate contemporary identity politics. In her latest series, Somnyama Ngonyama: Hail the gloomy Lioness, or she uses her body to confront the politics of race and representation,questioning the way the black body is shown and perceived.
Source: bjp-online.com