Every photograph tells a story. It also reveals who is doing the looking.
For decades, South Africa was often presented through narrow visual frames: a country of struggle, spectacle, inequality, wildlife or crisis. These images were not always false, but they were rarely complete. They showed a headline rather than a living, layered place.
Neo Ntsoma has spent her career widening that frame.
Widely recognised as a pioneer of Black women’s photojournalism in South Africa, Ntsoma became the first Black woman photographer to be employed by The Star. Her achievement was not only about entering a profession shaped largely by men and white institutions. It was also about claiming the…
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Fun South African Fact: While the country only covers 1% of the Earth’s land surface, South Africa boasts 10% of the world’s bird, fish and plant species as well as 6% of its mammal and reptile species!