the Empress South Africa, 2025

“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” Nelson Mandela Portrait of Justin with his Son South Africa, 2025

Portrait of Justin with his Son South Africa, 2025

Portrait of Lethu South Africa, 2025

Buhle and Luto 2025

Portrait of Justin with his Son South Africa, 2025

How does one measure the weight of grief? How do we gauge its depth? Do the tight, cheerfully lit corridors of our so-called ‘normal’ lives leave space for sorrow to walk its slow, mournful path? 1/2

I believe art is not merely the final, tangible piece, but rather a semi-finite vortex - an energetic passage through which everything becomes an expression of inspired action, a portal into a visceral, creative perspective. 1/2

I believe we can’t truly know ourselves unless we’re willing to look inward, honestly and without flinching. Without that, we risk living out someone else’s ideas of who we should be, carrying old wounds that don’t belong to us anymore. Voices South Africa, 2019

Mohamed’s Daughter 2025

Portrait of 76-year-old immigrant Jose Peña, photographed at his workplace in the Salvation Army in Tampa, FL.

Being in the right place at the right time has always felt like one of my hidden superpowers. Traditional healers praying to the setting sun in Hout Bay, South Africa

Dorothea Lange. In looking at the past we can often better understand our present. Her work speaks to the compassion, crisis, and dignity of lives lived, and the importance of bearing witness. Or, as Lange said: “It’s not pictorial illustration, it’s evidence.” Magali Duzant. Significant words.

Plain and simple.

For me, true success is measured by how it enriches the lives of those we touch or cross paths with.

Life feels like a movie right now, with the occasional still frame to pause and reflect. It’s strange how deeply we belong to some places and how detached we feel from others—much like trees that refuse to sink their roots into soil that feels foreign to the blossoms they produce.

🔦 Creative Casters Collective /ccc Artist Spotlight 🎨📷 🔦 🎨 (1/10) @angelikakollin Angelika Kollin captures the sacred bond of family, her portraits reflecting the beauty of connection across generations.

Maybe it is some kind of Google Ego scam, but yesterday when I was searching for an older interview I saw this … Am I now a Public Figure? 😮☺️😎

Art is a ways of being in the world, a fine-tuned and deeply intimate mechanism of relating with the fragments outside of our Self. Personally, I see art as my Sādhanā. My way of praising and celebrating the Divine among us 🤍

Women’s History Month

It’s Friday 🕊️

Gm Excited to have my work on display at @nft_paris this week via @light_artists.

Musk suspended Navalny’s wife’s account. She had vowed to continue fighting against Putin’s authoritarianism in the wake of her husband’s death. Musk supports corrupt authoritarians and opposes the right of working people to have a say in how society works.

Feature on Hot Mirror photography platform 💚❤️ www.hot-mirror.com/february-202...

Darkest day in Russia - 16 February 2024 Rest in peace brave soul - Alexei Navalny 💔💔💔 🕊️🕊️🕊️

Beasts of Burden South Africa 2021

Mary’s Children 2023 - ongoing

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Cynthia & Buhle South Africa / 2023

Love

What a year It was! Highs and lows with nothing in between. And yet, I feel nothing but gratitude for all its teaching and wisdom. I feel very optimistic about 2024 and ready to step Into it in few hours. Happy New Year dear friends! 🥂🌹🐉🕊️ www.instagram.com/reel/C1h_0b6...

Wishing everyone beautiful and peaceful festive season ❤️‍🔥🌲

Wonderful news to receive in the last days of 2023. Our project on modern day parenthood is among 2023 BarTur Award winners. Seeing the caliber of work shortlisted I thought I had no chance. I am deeply touched by this great honor. My deep gratitude to incredible people I get to photograph ❤️‍🔥

Tjipombo's Prayer for Rain Portrait of a Himba man Tjipombo created during the 2019 trip to Namibia. It was the peak of the three-year-long draught and indigenous people were losing their most valuable assets in staggering numbers. Here, Tjimpombo is carrying home a young kid that didn't survive.

I am leaving Cape Town today, which is always making me feel sad. But what makes me very happy, that I was able to finalize my 2019 series and finally completed my original idea of having 13 Saints ❤️‍🔥

Kali & Shaheed South Africa / 2023

My joy ❤️‍🔥

Everyday Saint Victoria

Everyday Saint Mary Everyday Saints are portraits of domestic workers from wealthy Cape Town suburbs. Many women with a young child, like Mary, have no option but to take them to work.

… and what a magnificent full moon it was 🌹

You are my Father - Sy & Niobe South Africa / 2023

Dear friends, I am currently in South Africa and as always it is full of magic and profound revelations. Every moment spent here teaches me so much. Here is my recent interview with Sean Daly @seandalyWFTS about currently running exhibition at @fmopa news.yahoo.com/self-taught-...

birth of a mother

Happy to see my friend Luckson again ☺️

Ven. Aggadhamma Bhante South Africa / 2023

Few hours before going to the airport I had interview for 28 ABC with Jillian Ramos and Jason Richards about our current exhibition at FMoPA. Special thanks to Leslie Farrell for best bts photos ❤️‍🔥

I am leaving for South Africa on Monday for a five-week trip, but not before bringing two visions to life. After months of anticipation, I finally photographed my first American Saint (part of a larger project), and a portrait I named "Hippie Mama." I’m ready to go ❤️‍🔥 ✈️

Christopher South Africa / 2022

flight of a dove

I could have never imagined that one day my work would share space with Dorothea Lange's masterpiece. Today was rich with all things beautiful: good people, meaningful conversations, art, and, most importantly, the exchange of love. My biggest thanks to the amazing @fmopa team 🤍