A cocoon of carefully interwoven fabric. Shoes, scarves, shirts, pants, skirts, jackets – every item of clothing a person owns morphed to make a human-sized sculpture. Why is that? Because there is a human being inside this heap of clothing. Canadian photographer Libby Oliver is spellbound by the power that clothing has to simultaneously reveal…
Bodies inhabiting strong poses and near confrontational gazes. The sun creeping behind a model’s head, low angles, lengthened bodies. Glare as a stylistic device. Welcome to the sexy future crafted by one of Cape Town’s own fashion image auteurs. Sivan Miller is a South African-born photographer from Cape Town who currently lives in and travels…
Vividly coloured wardrobe hugs the bodies of models, embracing static, powerful poses. And it is as if the viewer is looking at non-human entities, statues or mannequins perhaps – artworks in their own right. But the 23-year old image maker from New York pushes her already existent art pieces into another medium by photographing her…
Uncomfortable close-ups of body parts. Eyes, mouths and female genitalia. Netted faces and feet. Blood and blown out imagery. The mysterious photographer simply known as Sasha invites her audience to take pleasure in imagery that is disturbing in its voyeuristic emotion. Little is known about Sasha. Only that she is an upcoming photographer from St….
My name is Wes Leal and I am a 19-year-old boy who was gendered female at birth. Although I was too young to properly grasp the concept of ‘gender’ when I began realising that something was wrong, I definitely knew that I wasn’t a girl. For years I kept it to myself, hoping that it…
Senay Berhe is a self-taught image creator from Stockholm, Sweden predominantly known for his work in the film industry. But what needs to be foregrounded among his other talents, is his still imagery. His creation of visual eye candy. Eye candy coated with deep depth of field, contrasted areas that melt into darkness, natural lighting…
Like many creatives, Marcia Elizabeth was introduced to her passion when she was a child. Having received a set from her grandparents which included a snapshot camera, she soon became attached to the ability to capture moments through this device. During our conversation she recalled how this camera, and the old family camera she received…
Diluted tones, traditional composition married to the monumentalizing of subject matter. Human and non-human. This acts as a description of Dune Tilley’s work; Cape Town’s rising star photographer. The now 18-year-old image creator has made his mark with images that consume you. Images that pull you closer and beg you to question “Who are the…
Forms of flesh awash with pale pink hues, steeped in the sounds Lana Del Rey’s youthful lullabies. Tendrils of smoke twist and turn off the tips of cigarettes, held gently between tentative fingers. Nostalgic desire captured by the grain of film. Intimacy found in those moments of home. It was a Tuesday night. Photographer, Hana…
“A visual dissertation, a meditation on time, place, memory and personal history; amalgamating the passage through life and dreams, bridging philosophy, politics and prose. A reflection of my being in abstract form.” – Nkhensani Mkhari on his work. A dreamy reality caked with attention-halting architectural shots, documentary images and glamorous fashion depictions come together to…
Anaka is a creative with a magnetic portfolio and project repertoire to her name. The visual impression of her work is one of sublime distinctiveness. In her photographic world, off-centeredness reigns, non-traditional cropping (such as the metaphorical decapitating of heads) takes prevalence, and where there seems to be a thought given to the rule of…
From the city of Gaborone comes a new photographic body of work by Botswanan artist Giancarlo LaGuerta. With no formal arts education, he developed and nurtured his own technical and art propensity and today works as both photographer and art director. Speaking to me about the creative dynamics of his city, he informed me that…
