Muholi empowers youth through photography
"The objective is to see photographers making a living out of their skill"
FOUNDED by photographer and visual activist, Prof Zanele Muholi, Inkanyiso Media, Photo Experience training team awarded local young people who participated in a Mobile School of Photography at The Chairman in Point, Waterfront recently.
The group of budding photographers received certificates for participation and their best photographs were exhibited at the event. Participants were joined by their parents and families at the ceremony honouring their participation and the work produced over the two-week course.
The youth were facilitated by Inkanyiso Media contributors through basic camera and photography skills. They were also given Canon digital and disposable cameras as well as cell phones to capture images with the skills that they were taught. The participants comprised of youth from Thamela Primary School in Umlazi Township and Duduzani Primary School located in eNtuzuma township; as well as a senior group which was made up of participants from various schools.
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“We took the participants on field trips for exposure to different working environments from shooting onsite to studio and other different kinds of photography. The youth visited several townships, the beachfront and artist studios. During these field trips they learnt how to photograph and archive history and everyday existence. The participants were encouraged to read and write in order to empower themselves in captioning their images and the storytelling aspect of presenting their bodies of work,” said Muholi.
Inkanyiso Media is a non-profit organisation that functions as a source of information for art advocacy, specializing in photography and filmmaking production, education and information dissemination. The Photo Experience initiative is the brainchild of Zanele Muholi in an attempt to empower young black females with arts activism tools and techniques.
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