I carry Her photo with Me - Lindokuhle Sobekwa - Mack/art Paper - relié - Beau livre

The first book by South African photographer Lindokuhle Sobekwa, a Magum member and winner of the 2023 John Kobal Foundation Fellowship and the 2023 FNB Art Prize A deeply personal work, assembled in the style of a scrapbook with handwritten notes, reflecting on the life and disappearance of Sobekwa’s sister Sobekwa examines the realities of life across present-day South Africa, including the far-reaching ramifications of apartheid and colonisation Lindokuhle Sobekwa began this project after finding a family portrait with his sister Ziyanda’s face cut out. He describes her as a secretive, rebellious, and rough presence, and recalls the dark day when she chased him and he was hit by a car: she disappeared hours later and returned only a decade later, ill. By this time Sobekwa had become a photographer and realized the family had no picture of her: ‘One day I saw this beautiful light coming in through the window shining on her face. I lifted up the camera to catch the moment and she shot