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Sabelo Mlangeni / edited by Sarah Allen.
LIBRA TR655 .S23 2022
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Tate photography series ; 1:3.
- Tate photography 1:3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mlangeni, Sabelo.
- Mlangeni, Sabelo--Interviews.
- Portrait photography--South Africa.
- Portrait photography.
- Photography--South Africa.
- Photography.
- Photography, Artistic.
- Photograph collections--England--London.
- Photograph collections.
- Tate Britain (Gallery)--Photograph collections.
- Tate Britain (Gallery).
- South Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 61 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Tate Publishing, 2022.
- Summary:
- 'I can't make my work without the collaboration of the community. Their willingness to allow their story to be told is an important part of what I see.' Sabelo Mlangeni. Many of the stories that Sabelo Mlangeni tells are of communities on the periphery of society. Taking time to build relationships, he gains trust and, eventually, access to inner circles and sacred spaces. Based in South Africa, he has focused on Johannesburg (Big City, 2002-15), as well as the rural areas surrounding his hometown of Driefontein (At Home, 2004-9), and the country towns that 'freedom and opportunity have somehow skipped past' (Ghost Town, 2009-11). People are at the heart of Mlangeni's photography, often those who have been pushed to the so-called 'margins', or whose stories could have easily gone untold, such as the street-sweepers of Invisible Women (2006) and the hostel residents in Men Only (2008-9). In My Storie (2012) and No Problem (2013) he reveals the legacy of apartheid in the stark divisions that remain between racially segregated communities; and in Country Girls (2003-9) he explores gender roles in portraits ranging from the glamorous to the tender and intimate. Mlangeni's work seeks to recentre themes of friendship, love and joy in the face of ever-present risk. Above all, his images tell stories of seeking out your people, choosing a family and building a home, wherever you find yourself.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Contains:
- Mlangeni, Sabelo. Works. Selections.
- ISBN:
- 9781849768023
- 1849768021
- OCLC:
- 1308484992
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