Tate Modern Reprises Its Groundbreaking Zanele Muholi Survey

Among the personas photographer Zanele Muholi adopts in their self-portraits, two defining features tie the images to the artist: their darkened skin tone and the brightness of their eyes. Myriad details distinguish the various characters Muholi inhabits within the frame, but these two contrasting elements sear the artist indelibly into the mind of the viewer. Muholi immediately draws us into the worlds they create; they are spaces that defy binaries and traverse margins. But it’s when Muh