[ZANELE MUHOLI] I photograph different LGBTI individuals,
risking my life,
challenging the myth that say being gay, being trans, is un-African.
When I started "Faces and Phases"
I just wanted to produce a project that will live beyond us.
As people reach different stages in their lives,
they get to be documented
and they share for the LGBTI community.
It's a lifetime project.
The book is supposed to come out in volumes.
The next publication will be out next year,
which then marks another period in our lives.
I am a member of the community.
We hardly find images that speaks of love and joys of LGBTI individuals.
So then it becomes the issue of ownership.
I told myself that I would do better than any other outsider to project our lives.