{"product_id":"der-greif-19","title":"Der Greif 19 — I Am Because of You, Mother Earth — Zanele Muholi","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"pt-block pt-text-block pt-text-block-style-h2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit itwlWd\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit gxoNzZ sc-fCLUES ViHjz\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit dRAbtF sc-jtQUzJ hQZsFh\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit bgfEHC\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-izgFkT gthjjT\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit gxoNzZ sc-jtQUzJ dORgio sc-eqNcPs iqyPRA\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuest-edited by visual activist Zanele Muholi with support from the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eDer Greif Issue 19 asks what environment means when we stop seeing it as something outside of ourselves: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem class=\"sc-jwpOCX gKUUgZ\"\u003eYou are the environment. Your body is a landscape, your face a geography, your breath an atmosphere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem class=\"sc-jwpOCX gKUUgZ\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-block pt-text-block pt-text-block-style-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit bMgLrG\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit gxoNzZ sc-fCLUES ViHjz\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit dRAbtF sc-jtQUzJ hQZsFh\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit bgfEHC\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-izgFkT gthjjT\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit gxoNzZ sc-jtQUzJ dORgio sc-eqNcPs iqyPRA\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-dpBQxM kkaWck\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuest-edited by Zanele Muholi, this issue gathers international submissions from photographers, writers, and poets who refuse the borders between self and surroundings, between the personal and the political. The selected works have both bones and flesh: form and content, skill and lived experience. Together they follow a single thread: Because of environment, I am. Because of you, I am. Because of them, I am.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-block pt-text-block pt-text-block-style-mono\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit fKzuqt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit gxoNzZ sc-fCLUES ViHjz\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit dRAbtF sc-jtQUzJ hQZsFh\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit bgfEHC\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-izgFkT gthjjT\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit gxoNzZ sc-jtQUzJ dORgio sc-eqNcPs iqyPRA\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoftcover\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 148 x 210 x 9 mm (DIN A5)\u003cbr\u003e100 pages\u003cbr\u003e215 g\u003cbr\u003ePrint run: 2000 copies\u003cbr\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eZanele Muholi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-block pt-text-block pt-text-block-style-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit bMgLrG\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit gxoNzZ sc-fCLUES ViHjz\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit dRAbtF sc-jtQUzJ hQZsFh\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit bgfEHC\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-izgFkT gthjjT\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit gxoNzZ sc-jtQUzJ dORgio sc-eqNcPs iqyPRA\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-dpBQxM kkaWck\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZanele Muholi is a celebrated visual activist, humanitarian, and art practitioner invested in educational activism, community outreach, social work, and youth development. They focus on the documentation and celebration of the lives of South Africa’s Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Queer, and intersex communities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-block pt-text-block pt-text-block-style-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit bMgLrG\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit gxoNzZ sc-fCLUES ViHjz\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit dRAbtF sc-jtQUzJ hQZsFh\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit bgfEHC\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-izgFkT gthjjT\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit gxoNzZ sc-jtQUzJ dORgio sc-eqNcPs iqyPRA\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-dpBQxM kkaWck\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Umlazi, Durban, and now based in Cape Town, Muholi studied Advanced Photography at the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg (2001–2003) with David Goldblatt and completed an MFA in Documentary Media at Ryerson University, Toronto (2009). They have received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Liège, Belgium (2023), and were appointed Honorary Professor at the University of the Arts in Bremen, Germany (2013).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-block pt-text-block pt-text-block-style-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit bMgLrG\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit gxoNzZ sc-fCLUES ViHjz\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit dRAbtF sc-jtQUzJ hQZsFh\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit bgfEHC\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-izgFkT gthjjT\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit gxoNzZ sc-jtQUzJ dORgio sc-eqNcPs iqyPRA\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-dpBQxM kkaWck\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSince 2006, Muholi has documented the lives and resilience of South Africa's Black LGBTQIA+ communities. Their ongoing portrait series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem class=\"sc-jwpOCX gKUUgZ\"\u003eFaces and Phases\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e captures Black lesbian and transgender individuals, building a visual history and positive imagery rooted in resistance and mutual recognition. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem class=\"sc-jwpOCX gKUUgZ\"\u003eSomnyama Ngonyama\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Hail the Dark Lioness), Muholi turns the lens on themselves, creating self-portraits that reclaim Blackness and challenge dominant representations of Black women through experimenting with different characters and archetypes referring to specific events in South Africa’s political history. By exaggerating the darkness of their skin tone, Muholi reclaims their Blackness and offsets the culturally dominant images of Black women in the media today.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-block pt-text-block pt-text-block-style-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit bMgLrG\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit gxoNzZ sc-fCLUES ViHjz\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit dRAbtF sc-jtQUzJ hQZsFh\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit bgfEHC\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-izgFkT gthjjT\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-keTIit gxoNzZ sc-jtQUzJ dORgio sc-eqNcPs iqyPRA\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-dpBQxM kkaWck\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sc-cVHfYm gcVMyG\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMuholi's mission has always extended beyond the gallery, having shown their work in major museums worldwide both as solo exhibitions and in group shows. In 2002, they co-founded the Forum for Empowerment of Women (FEW), responding to the needs and safety of Black lesbian women. In 2009, they launched Inkanyiso, a platform for queer visual media, and in 2021 established the Muholi Arts Institute (MAI) in Cape Town. They facilitate access to art spaces for youth practitioners through projects such as Ikhono LaseNatali and continue to provide photography workshops for young women and in the townships through PhotoXP.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Der Greif","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57174358753545,"sku":"G19","price":19.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1341\/4915\/files\/G_19_Cover_Mockup.jpg?v=1788340356","url":"https:\/\/dergreif.myshopify.com\/products\/der-greif-19","provider":"Der Greif e.V.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}