Zimaseka 'Zim' Salusalu, Gugulethu, Cape Town
2011
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 76.2 × 50.8 cm (30 × 20 in.) framed: 88.27 × 62.87 × 4.45 cm (34 3/4 × 24 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Joshua and Sara Slocum
Accession Number
2021.111.1
Art Historical Context
Zanele Muholi's *Zimaseka 'Zim' Salusalu, Gugulethu, Cape* (2011) is a gelatin silver print portrait that captures the quiet dignity of its subject in one of Cape Town's historic townships. Gugulethu, a vibrant yet challenged community born from apartheid-era segregation, provides a poignant backdrop, evoking South Africa's ongoing journey toward equality and visibility for marginalized voices. Muholi, a South African visual activist, uses photography to document and honor Black LGBTQ+ lives, often through intimate, frontal portraits that confront viewers with raw humanity. Printed in the tra...