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Ollia Horton with RFI

Zanele Muholi and the coming out of Black queer South African communities

Visitors view photographs taken by Zanele Muholi at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris. © Tadzio / MEP / Zanele Muholi

The first retrospective in France devoted to renowned South African photographer and activist Zanele Muholi has opened in Paris. The exhibition brings together more than 200 works documenting the life of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual communities.

“Photography for me is my life. Without photos, we can’t visualise the world in which we live,” Muholi says, emphasising that their mission is to shed light on people who are all too often “invisible” in South African society.

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