South African documentary photographer (born 1995)
Lindokuhle Sobekwa
Born
1995 (age 28–29)
Nationality
South African
Known for
Phogography
Lindokuhle Sobekwa (born 1995) is a South African documentary photographer.[1] He is a Nominee member of
Magnum Photos and based in Johannesburg.
Life and work
Sobekwa was born in
Katlehong, a
township, 35 km from
Johannesburg,
South Africa.[2] He learned photography in 2012 through participation in the first Of Soul and Joy Project, an educational programme for young people run in the township of
Thokoza;[3][4] the workshop was given by
Bieke Depoorter and Cyprien Clément-Delmas.[5] His photo essay, Nyaope, about people who use the drug
Nyaope in the township in which he lived and beyond,[1] was published by the South African newspaper Mail & Guardian in 2014[2] and by Vice[1] and De Standaard in 2015.[5] He joined
Magnum Photos as a Nominee member in 2018.[6][7]
Publications
Free From my Happiness. With Sibusiso Bheka and Tshepiso Mazibuko. Edited by
Bieke Depoorter and Tjorven Bruyneel. With essays by Sean O'Toole.
Awards
2017: Selected for
Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice program to develop I Carry Her Photo With Me.[2][8]
2018: Magnum Foundation Fund grant, to continue his series Nyaope.[9][10][11]
Group exhibitions
No Man's Art Gallery pop-up gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, March–April 2014. Included Sobekwa's Series Nyaope.[12][13]
Free From My Happiness, International Photofestival of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, 2015; Perignem, Beernem, Belgium, April 2016;
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, May–August 2016.[14][15][16][17] Included Sobekwa's Series Nyaope as well as work by Sibusiso Bheka and Tshepiso Mazibuko. Curated by Tjorven Bruyneel and
Bieke Depoorter.
No Man's Art Gallery pop-up gallery, Tehran, Iran, May–June 2016. Curated by Lih-Lan Wong, Zohreh Deldadeh and Emmelie Koster. Included Sobekwa's Series Nyaope.[18][19][20]
Fresh Produce, Turbine Art Fair, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 2016.[21]