South African photographer Tshepiso Mazibuko has walked away with more than R90,000 in prize money after winning two awards at the Rencontres dArles summer photography festival in France.
Its a huge honour to be recognised by the Arles Photography Festival with these awards. Having the chance to share my work at the festival alone has been richly rewarding, said Mazibuko after her win.
Mazibuko was awarded the 2024 Discovery Award Louis Roederer Foundations Public Award and the prestigious Madame Figaro Photo Award for her exhibition Ho tshepa ntshepedi ya bontshepe (To Believe in Something That Will Never Happen).
Self-portraits and community-focused imageryMazibukos work looks at the impact of the political designation born-free on South Africas post-1994 black youth generation.
The title, derived from a Sesotho proverb, explores the paradoxical nature of this label and how the remnants of apartheid have hindered the full realisation of freedom.
