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‘Soul of the community’: Sabelo Mlangeni’s groundbreaking photography – in pictures

The South African photographer, whose images arise from being embedded in queer and rural communities, has been named the winner of the James Barnor prize Faith and Sakhi Moruping, Thembisa Township, 2004 (from the...

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‘Soul of the community’: Sabelo Mlangeni’s groundbreaking photography – in pictures
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The South African photographer, whose images arise from being embedded in queer and rural communities, has been named the winner of the James Barnor prize

Faith and Sakhi Moruping, Thembisa Township, 2004 (from the series Isivumelwano)

Izimbali ne Nendandatho, Collie Magagula and Jomo Mhlanga, 2011 (from the series Isivumelwano)

Mr and Mrs Makhubu, Newcastle, Madadeni, Wakkerstroom, 2007 (from the series Isivumelwano)

Protecting Identity, Kigoma, Lubumbashi, 2017 (from the series ‘I Have Stopped Time’ A Family Portrait)

Jenine, Kigoma, Lubumbashi, 2017 (from the series ‘I Have Stopped Time’ A Family Portrait)

Joyce Inside Her House, Kigoma, Lubumbashi, 2017 (from the series ‘I Have Stopped Time’ A Family Portrait)

‘Exact Science’, Kigoma, Lubumbashi, 2017 (from the series ‘I Have Stopped Time’ A Family Portrait)

Mfundisi Ndlangamandle eFernie, 2002 (from the series Umlindelo wamaKholwa)

A Morning After Umlindelo, 2016 (from the series Umlindelo wamaKholwa)

Imfihlakalo, New Year’s Eve, Driefontein, 2015-16 (from the series Umlindelo wamaKholwa)

Umkhuleko Wabagulayo, Mama Khoza, Mfundisi Mathebula, KwaNyandeni, 2007 (from the series Umlindelo wamaKholwa)

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