INGANEKWANE AND MIKE MZILENI: A Photographic Archival Journey 12th February – 21st March 2022 NWU Gallery
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he University of North-West, NWU Gallery, presents Inganekwane at NWU Main Gallery and Mike Mzileni: A Photographic Archival Journey at the NWU Botanical Gardens Gallery. Mike Mzileni: A Photographic Archival Journey: The exhibition serves as a point of reflection into the photographer and Jazz lover, Mike Mzileni, best known for his iconic portraits and landscape images from the early 1970’s2000 depicting South African history through photography. The term “Photojournalism” was just coined at the time when he was able to redefine photography spaces and place in society as a black man, to establish his role as an important forerunner in the industry. The exhibition is a revolutionary opportunity to reconsider our understanding of South African history. The archival photographs, journalists and intellectuals reclaim their central place in our understanding of a period that laid the foundations for the global early photographs depicted by black photographers. South Africa’s story is truly told through the history of photography.
Mike Mzileni, June 16th Rally
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Above: Mike Mzileni, Pimville Opposite: Lunathi Mngxuma; Rhangula, Phola Park Thokoza, 2020
Mike Mzileni, To hell with Afrikaans
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