Through an African lens

African photographers are using striking imagery to tell the story of their Africa, both experienced and imagined.

This image is from Puleng Mongale's photo series Intimate Strangers. Check out the full series in our interview with Mongale below, along with a selection of the best work from some emerging African photographers.

Photo series takes a non-binary look at vulnerability

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism

Photographer Zara Julius explores vulnerability in the lives of gender non-conforming people of colour. >

2 Jul 18
Photographs capture the dangerous practice of wine collecting in Namibia

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

The palm wine collectors in Namibia risk their lives for their cultural practice. >

1 Apr 18
The Unmasked Women project tackles mental health among black women

Design News > Art & Photography / Creative Economy

The creative project is prioritising the work of young black women artists. >

28 Mar 18
Afrofuturist Osborne Macharia's Magadi takes a fantastical look at a pressing issue

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

At Design Indaba 2017, Osborne Macharia introduced the audience to Magadi, a new series which focusses on a group of former female circumcisers. >

16 Jan 18
The Illegal Project by Daniel Obasi

Design News > Art & Photography

These stunning images look at the Nigerian LGBTQ community forced to hide their sexual orientation. >

13 Apr 17
What does it mean to be Nigerian?

Video Interviews > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism

Trans-African photography project Invisible Borders looks into what it means to be African and in their project Borders Within investigate Nigerian identity. >

8 Feb 17
Salooni: A project that explores black women's hair

Design News > African Design / Design Thinking

Pop-up hair salon Salooni explores the politics woven into black hair. The project has just been awarded a grant by The British Council to travel in 2017. >

7 Dec 16
Intimate Strangers: When the madam is away, the help will slay

Next Generation > African Design / Art & Photography

Puleng Mongale's photo series Intimate Strangers will be released in instalments. The first part is a social commentary on labour relationships in South Africa. >

10 Aug 16
The Honey: Representations of blackness as power

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Rendani Nemakhavhani's dynamic photo series "The Honey" turns away from blackness as struggle. >

13 May 16
Osborne Macharia on how storytelling can change perceptions

Inside View > Art & Photography

The Kenyan photographer touches on the power of narrative photography with his series “Melanin-0”. >

24 Mar 16
"Streets of Addis": Celebrating the many realities of Ethiopia's capital

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

This photographic series by Ethiopian graphic designer Girma Berta celebrates Addis Ababa's people and street culture. >

15 Dec 15
Experiments in the darkroom

Next Generation > African Design / Art & Photography

In this exclusive interview, military man and photographer Lesedi Mogale exposes a little of himself as he talks books, porn and using a disposable camera. >

11 Feb 15

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