{"product_id":"faces-and-phases-zanele-muholi","title":"Faces and Phases","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable to pre-order - this title is due to ship in August\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘This is not art; this is life. Each and every photograph is someone’s biography.’ Zanele Muholi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSince 2006, Zanele Muholi has been photographing Black lesbian, bisexual, and queer women as well as trans and gender non-conforming individuals in South Africa\u003c\/span\u003e and beyond t\u003cspan\u003eo create \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe remarkable\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2600;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eblack-and-white portraits that form their\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2600;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elife-long\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2600;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eseries \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaces and Phases\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis ambitious new\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2600;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003evolume, which is released to mark the project’s twentieth anniversary, showcases its geographical expansion and representational diversity, assembling more than three hundred largely unpublished photographs made in places including São Paolo, Salvador, London, Porto, Los Angeles, Panama\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2600;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCity,\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2600;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Muholi’s native South Africa. Describing themselves as a visual activist, their mission is ‘to re-write a Black queer and trans visual history of South Africa (and beyond), for the world to know of our resistance and existence’. Through these collaborative portraits, Muholi seeks to remedy the invisibility of Black LGBTQIA+ communities by documenting each person’s individuality, revealing transitions and fluid expressions of gender in their lives. These striking\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2600;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ephotographs are often accompanied by participants’ testimonies elaborating their personal histories and lived experiences. Muholi’s interweaving of voice and image creates a textured visual vocabulary in which their collaborators present themselves on their own terms, and from which a collective, living queer photographic archive emerges. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaces and Phases: 2006–2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2600;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an ever-evolving visual love letter to queer communities of kinship: an ode to resilience and recognition which is equal parts celebration, commemoration, and reclamation. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Renée Mussai \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFeaturing an interview with Muholi, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e essays by Lola Olufemi, Briona S. Jones, and Thulile Gamedze\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0433ff;\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereflections by the artist’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e long-term collaborators, friends, and allies including Renée Mussai, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-ZA\"\u003eBabalwa Tyabashe-Phume, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDonna A M Smith,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand contributions from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eparticipants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImani Jordan Mason, Myah Aisha Jeffers, Lemara Lindsay-Prince, Aisha Shaibu-Lenoir, and others. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCover photograph: Boitumelo Mnguni, KwaThema, Johannesburg, 2017. \u003cspan\u003e© \u003c\/span\u003eZanele Muholi.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MACK","offers":[{"title":"PRE-ORDER Unsigned","offer_id":53007782019338,"sku":"9781917651844","price":70.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"PRE-ORDER Signed","offer_id":53007782052106,"sku":"9781917651844S","price":75.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0595\/9372\/0003\/files\/ZM_Faces-Phases_cover_web_ad046ad4-e9c3-4ccb-93b9-9bcb5bce6395.jpg?v=1779979044","url":"https:\/\/mackbooks.eu\/products\/faces-and-phases-zanele-muholi","provider":"MACK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}