In Faces and Phases 2006–14, Zanele Muholi embarks on a journey of “visual activism” to ensure black queer and transgender visibility. Despite South Africa’s progressive Constitution and twenty years of democracy, black lesbians and trans men remain the targets of brutal hate crimes and so-called corrective rapes. Taken over the past eight years, the more than 250 portraits in this book, accompanied by moving testimonies, present a compelling statement about the lives and struggles of these individuals. They also comprise an unprecedented and invaluable archive: marking, mapping and preserving an often invisible community for posterity.
- ISBN13 9783869308074
- Publish Date 22 September 2014 (first published 30 March 2006)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 March 2021
- Publish Country DE
- Publisher Steidl Publishers
- Imprint Steidl Verlag
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 368
- Language English