Gulshan Khan
Gulshan Khan | |
|---|---|
 South African photographer Gulshan Khan | |
| Born | Ladysmith, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Notable work | The 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
[edit]Raised in Ladysmith, Kwazulu Natal, one of two siblings, she hails from a family rooted in activism and community work.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]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 Top 100 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
[edit]- Everyday Africa, World Press Photo - Schloss Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany, Feb 2020[citation needed]
- Native Agency, Territory, Grün Berlin, Berlin, Germany, August 2019[citation needed]
- Photoville L.A. - MFON: Alter Prayer, Ritual and Offerings Los Angeles, May 2019[citation needed]
- Bronx Documentary Centre - Transitions: South Africa, New York City, Apr 2019[citation needed]
- Not the usual suspects[13] - Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Oct 2018
- Johannesburg Art Galery, Art Market Budapest, Budapest, Oct 2018[citation needed]
- Unstill Life, Photo Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct 2018[citation needed]
- World Press Photo 6x6 Talent Africa Exhibition,[14] Kutching, Malaysia, Sept 2018[citation needed]
- “Foreseen: New Narratives from the African Photojournalism Database” - Nuku Photo Festival, Ghana, Sept 2018[15]
- Photoville NYC - Foreseen: New Narratives APJD, New York City, Sept 2018[16][17]
- Photoville NYC MFON: Altar Prayer, Ritual and Offerings, New York City, Sept 2018[18]
- ‘Foreseen' World Press Photo / APJD - LUMIX - Festival for young Photojournalism, June 2018[citation needed]
- [CROP] Project (Creative Resistance & Open Processes), Johannesburg, Nov 2017[19][20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gulshan Khan".
- ^ "Gulshan Khan, The things we carry with us". Gulshan Khan. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ writer (21 October 2018). "The things we carry with us". City Press. Retrieved 18 March 2020. [dead link]
- ^ Walsh, Brienne; Palumbo, Jacqui (14 May 2019). "These 20 Women Are the New Faces of Photojournalism". Artsy. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ Laurent, Olivier (5 November 2018). "Voices of African Photography: at the intersection of identity, power and belonging". The Washington Post.
- ^ Khan, Gulshan (6 February 2020). "Documenting The Human Condition | Gulshan Khan | Storytellers Summit 2020". YouTube.
- ^ Ntsoma, Neo. "World Press Photo 6x6 Talent Program: Africa". World Press Photo.
- ^ "Gulshan Khan | World Press Photo".
- ^ "Festival 2019 highlights | World Press Photo". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Garms, Juliette (31 August 2017). "New series: Four to Follow #1". Medium. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "The Top 100 Photos of 2018". Time. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ Images, Gulshan Khan / AFP / Getty (5 August 2019). "The South African teenagers using radio to fight gun crime - in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Not the Usual Suspects". Vogue Italia (in Italian). 24 January 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Calendar | World Press Photo". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Photographers". Nuku Photo Festival Ghana. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Silverman, Rena (9 December 2018). "Highlighting Freedom, Resilience and Diversity at Photoville in Brooklyn". The New York Times.
- ^ majda (19 July 2018). "Foreseen: New narratives from the African Photojournalism Database". Photoville. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ majda (19 July 2018). "ALTAR: Prayer, Ritual, Offerings". Photoville. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ The Lake. "[CROP] Project | Photographic Street Intervention". The Lake. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ Hart, Gemma. "[CROP] // An Exploration of Cross Continental Creative Resistance". Bubblegum Club.