Photographers Profile #2: Zanele Muhol

Zanele Muhol is an African American photographer, who has been known for her photography of African women and sexuality in Africa since 2002, when her pictures were first exhibited at the Woman's art festival in Knysna.

Since then she has won several awards for her pictures, including the Tollman Award and the LGBTI Art & Culture Award in 2005 and the Jean-Paul Blachere award, Les Rencontres de Bamako biennial of African photography, the Casa Africa award for the best female photographer, Les Rencontres de Bamako biennial of African photography and the Fanny Ann Eddy accolade by the International Resource Network in Africa (IRN-Africa) in 2009.

Only very recently, she got awarded a freedom of expression prize at the index on censorship awards in London.

Click here to see some of her pictures and to read a more detailed biography of this impressive female Photographer!