Lebo Thoka

Lebo Thoka is a Johannesburg based photographer, retoucher and artist.

Born and raised in Johannesburg she studied a BA in Visual Communication which she graduated cum laude.

 

Since then she has won a Loerie certificate award in 2018.

She has been shortlisted for the 2019 Contemporary African Photography Prize, and her work has been featured in the Sunday times, Washington Post and New York times online platforms.

 

Thoka’s work is mainly influenced by her being a Black Feminist. Her work uses the repurposing of objects to translate new narratives to address social issues linked to navigating black womanhood and the violence it faces societally.

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“When I become excellent, it won’t be accidental, I will have laboured” 

 

 - Anonymous

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