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Zanele Muholi

1972 - Today

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Zanele Muholi (born 1972) is a South African artist and visual activist working in photography, video, and installation. Muholi's work focuses on race, gender and sexuality with a body of work that dates back to the early 2000s, documenting and celebrating the lives of South Africa's Black lesbian, gay, transgender, and intersex communities. Muholi is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, explaining that "I'm just human". Muholi has described themselves as a visual activist as opposed to an artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Zanele Muholi is the 148th most popular photographer (down from 147th in 2024), the 263rd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 260th in 2019) and the most popular South African Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Zanele Muholi ranks 148 out of 148. Before her are Andres Serrano, Mick Rock, Terry Richardson, Steven Klein, Alice Austen, and Pete Souza. After her are Angèle Etoundi Essamba, Mika Ninagawa, Boushra Almutawakel, Maks Levin, Zohra Bensemra, and Shadi Ghadirian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Zanele Muholi ranks 642. Before her are Svetlana Boyko, Juan Sánchez Moreno, Daniel Alfredsson, Klára Dobrev, Hocine Soltani, and Nino Katamadze. After her are Katsuhiro Minamoto, Santiago Botero, Brigitta Boccoli, Nathalie Santer-Bjørndalen, Steffi Nerius, and Nadja Uhl.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Zanele Muholi ranks 263 out of 454. Before her are Trevor Noah (1984), Maggie Laubser (1886), Roger Michell (1956), Musetta Vander (1963), MacBeth Sibaya (1977), and Theo de Raadt (1968). After her are Troye Sivan (1995), Lucas Radebe (1969), Moira Lister (1923), Moses Sithole (1964), Letta Mbulu (1942), and Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (1937).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In South Africa

Among photographers born in South Africa, Zanele Muholi ranks 1. 

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