Lindokuhle Sobekwa

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]

Publications
  • Free From my Happiness. With Sibusiso Bheka and Tshepiso Mazibuko. Edited by Bieke Depoorter and Tjorven Bruyneel. With essays by Sean O'Toole.

Awards
  • 2017: Selected for Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice program to develop I Carry Her Photo With Me.[2][8]
  • 2018: Magnum Foundation Fund grant, to continue his series Nyaope.[9][10][11]

Group exhibitions
  • No Man's Art Gallery pop-up gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, March–April 2014. Included Sobekwa's Series Nyaope.[12][13]
  • Free From My Happiness, International Photofestival of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, 2015; Perignem, Beernem, Belgium, April 2016; Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, May–August 2016.[14][15][16][17] Included Sobekwa's Series Nyaope as well as work by Sibusiso Bheka and Tshepiso Mazibuko. Curated by Tjorven Bruyneel and Bieke Depoorter.
  • No Man's Art Gallery pop-up gallery, Tehran, Iran, May–June 2016. Curated by Lih-Lan Wong, Zohreh Deldadeh and Emmelie Koster. Included Sobekwa's Series Nyaope.[18][19][20]
  • Fresh Produce, Turbine Art Fair, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 2016.[21]

References
  1. Subotzky, Lindokuhle Sobekwa and Mikhael (20 July 2015). "Photos of Poverty and Addiction in South Africa". Vice. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. "Lindokuhle Sobekwa". Magnum Photos. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. "Thokoza, The Home Of SA's Future Photographers". HuffPost South Africa. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. "Supporting New Talents and Perspectives in Photography • Magnum Photos". 28 November 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  5. "Dat heet dan geluk". De Standaard. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. "Magnum Photos' international new wave of Nominees". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  7. "Magnum Photos Names 5 New Nominees". Photo District News. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  8. "Announcing the 2018 Photography and Social Justice Fellows". Magnum Foundation. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  9. "Announcing the 2018 Magnum Foundation Fund Grantees". Magnum Foundation. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  10. Gonzalez, David (30 May 2018). "Chronicling the Lives of Women Along the Colombian-Venezuelan Border". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  11. "8 Photographers Win Magnum Foundation Fund Grant". Photo District News. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  12. "Blog". No Man's Art Gallery. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  13. "Exhibitions". Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  14. "F-Stop Magazine". F-Stop Magazine. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  15. "Free from my Happiness". Domus. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  16. "Free From My Happiness Of Soul and Joy". Rubis Mécénat. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  17. Torchia, Christopher (3 June 2017). "A top African art gallery struggles to keep its footing". Associated Press. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  18. "Curator's Note – Lih-Lan Wong, curator of NMAG's Tehran pop-up". No Man's Art Gallery. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  19. "Exhibitions". No Man's Art Gallery. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  20. "No Man's Art Gallery to open in Iran to foster cultural cross-fertilization". Mehr News Agency. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  21. "7 Reasons You Should Visit the Turbine Art Fair". www.art.co.za. Retrieved 19 January 2019.


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