UVIWE MANGWENI
one small seed network | selected member # 010
UVIWE MANGWENI photographer & journalist johannesburg & cape town, south africa www.onesmallseed.net/profile/banele
I was born and raised in Langa, Cape Town. After Matric I left the nest and moved to Johannesburg in 2006 to study at the University of Witwatersrand, where I am currently doing my Honors Degree in Journalism. I completed my degree in Philosophy and Politics at Wits in 2009. I have always been a creative junkie. Since I can remember, I have been drawing, writing, creating, and thinking (a bit of the odd kid in class). I took up photography in 2009 because I needed a creative outlet after a long spell of academia and writer’s block. I felt creatively stunted and photography has been a new way for me to revisit the right-hand side of my brain. The ‘I Love Soweto’ Campaign is one of my first major independent projects as a photographer. I am inspired by people and diversity, and the lens and the pen are the tools that I choose to capture my experiences and how I perceive the world around me.
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