Lindokuhle Sobekwa | |
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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.
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]
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