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Gulshan Khan
South African photographer Gulshan Khan
South African photographer Gulshan Khan
Born
Ladysmith, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
OccupationPhotographer
Notable workThe Things We Carry With Us (2018)

Gulshan Khan is an independent South African photographer based in Johannesburg.[1] Noted for her photojournalism work focused on social justice identity and human rights development, Khan's work engages in multi-layered themes around the mediatized representations of identities[clarification needed] in South Africa which inform her visual practice.

Early life

Raised in Ladysmith, Kwazulu Natal, one of two siblings, she hails from a family rooted in activism and community work.[citation needed]

Career

A graduate of the Market Photo Workshop Photojournalism and Documentary Photography (PDP) program she first published with Agence France Presse in 2016, where she subsequently did a month long internship.[citation needed] The first African woman to be assigned by Agence France Presse in 2017, she continued to work for the agency as a stringer while also working on assignments for various international publications and organisations.[citation needed] Her first body of long-term documentary work The Things We Carry With Us (2017) explores the contemporary community of Muslims in South Africa,[2][3] developing a more nuanced view on the backdrop of the oppressive legacy of apartheid South Africa.[4] Khan was invited to speak about the political motivation to document the human condition, and the importance of photography[5] to speak about dignity, identity and belonging, social justice and human rights in South Africa and globally at the 2020 National Geographic Storytellers Summit 2020.[6]

Khan was one of six photographers selected for the World Press Photo 6x6 Talent Programme: Africa Edition.[7][8] A panelist at the World Press Photo Festival 2019, Khan presented work and participated in a talk on The Impact of the story on the individual which addressed the effects that images can have on the lives of the vulnerable individuals in the media landscape as well as issues of ethics, permissions and responsibility of photographers, editors, publishers and other visual practitioners.[9]

Extracts of her projects The Things We Carry With Us (2017) as well as Life in Plastic (2018) have been acquired by the Iziko South African National Gallery as part of the South African national archive.[citation needed] Her work was included in the first edition of the "Four to Follow" series which was established in 2017 by World Press Photo, drawing from the African Photojournalism Database[10] as well as the 2018 Top100 images from the editors of Time.[11] Khan's photojournalism work is published widely in international news publications, among others The New York Times,[citation needed] The Washington Post,[citation needed] New Frame,[citation needed] The Guardian,[12] Al Jazeera,[citation needed] The Wall Street Journal.[citation needed]

She has worked with various NGO's including the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the African Women's Development Fund.

Khan forms part of a new generation of contemporary South African photographers documenting the legacies of a post-apartheid land. She is a National Geographic Explorer, an Everyday Africa contributor, a member of Women Photograph and Native.[citation needed]

Exhibitions

References

  1. ^ "Gulshan Khan".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ http://www.gulshankhan.com. "Gulshan Khan, The things we carry with us". Gulshan Khan. Retrieved 2020-07-02. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
  3. ^ writer (2018-10-21). "The things we carry with us". City Press. Retrieved 2020-03-18.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) [dead link‍]
  4. ^ Walsh, Brienne; Palumbo, Jacqui (2019-05-14). "These 20 Women Are the New Faces of Photojournalism". Artsy. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  5. ^ Laurent, Olivier (2018-11-05). "Voices of African Photography: at the intersection of identity, power and belonging". Washington Post.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Khan, Gulshan (6 February 2020). "Documenting The Human Condition | Gulshan Khan | Storytellers Summit 2020".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Ntsoma, Neo. "World Press Photo 6x6 Talent Program: Africa". World Press Photo.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Gulshan Khan | World Press Photo".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Festival 2019 highlights | World Press Photo". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  10. ^ Garms, Juliette (2017-08-31). "New series: Four to Follow #1". Medium. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  11. ^ "The Top 100 Photos of 2018". TIME.com. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  12. ^ Images, Gulshan Khan / AFP / Getty (2019-08-05). "The South African teenagers using radio to fight gun crime - in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  13. ^ "Not the Usual Suspects". Vogue Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  14. ^ "Calendar | World Press Photo". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  15. ^ "Photographers". Nuku Photo Festival Ghana. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  16. ^ Silverman, Rena (2018-12-09). "Highlighting Freedom, Resilience and Diversity at Photoville in Brooklyn".{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ majda (2018-07-19). "Foreseen: New narratives from the African Photojournalism Database". Photoville. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  18. ^ majda (2018-07-19). "ALTAR: Prayer, Ritual, Offerings". Photoville. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  19. ^ The Lake. "[CROP] PROJECT | PHOTOGRAPHIC STREET INTERVENTION". The Lake.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ Hart, Gemma. "[CROP] // An Exploration of Cross Continental Creative Resistance". Bubblegum Club.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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