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Collection loan
Autograph is loaning a photograph from our collection by artist Zanele Muholi to Fotografiska Tallinn's exhibition Photography in Power: Making Worlds Visible.
The exhibition brings together a diverse range of contemporary photographic voices, including both international names and Estonian artists. Many of them explore conflict, power relations, and social pressures, while weaving together documentary and staged approaches.
The first version of the exhibition was presented in Stockholm in 2025 to mark Fotografiska’s 15th anniversary, bringing together works by 120 artists under the title 15 Fotografiska Years. The Tallinn exhibition also celebrates Fotografiska Tallinn’s 7th anniversary. The initial presentation, created in Stockholm, has been expanded to include both Estonian artists and works that speak to themes particularly relevant to the museum.
Fotografiska Museum Tallinn
Telliskivi 60a-8
10412 Tallinn
Find directions, opening hours, accessibility and ticketing information on Fotografiska Tallinn's website
Zanele Muholi (b. 1972) was born in Umlazi, Durban, and lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. Muholi sees their practice as visual activism to effect social change.
Over the past decade, they have become known globally with Faces and Phases, a pioneering portrait photography of South Africa’s LBTQI communities. They co-founded the Forum of Empowerment of Women (FEW) in 2002, and founded Inkanyiso, in 2009 as a forum for queer visual activist media.
Muholi studied Advanced Photography at the Market Photo Workshop in Newtown, Johannesburg, and holds an MFA in Documentary Media from Ryerson University, Toronto. They are an Honorary Professor at the University of the Arts Bremen, and has been the recipient of the prestigious Prince Claus Award and the Carnegie Prize.
Banner image: Zanele Muholi, ZaKi, Kyoto, Japan [detail], 2017. Commissioned by Autograph. © and courtesy Zanele Muholi.
Images on page: 1) Zanele Muholi, ZaKi, Kyoto, Japan, 2017. Commissioned by Autograph. © and courtesy Zanele Muholi. 2) Zanele Muholi, Bayephi III, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, 2017. Commissioned by Autograph © and courtesy Zanele Muholi 3) Zanele Muholi, Muholi Muholi, Parktown, 2016. © Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg and Yancey Richardson, New York. 4) Courtesy Zanele Muholi.
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