Zwelethu Mthethwa’s Photographs of Black Africa
Philip Gefter on Zwelethu Mthethwa's major new exhibit, and its racial context in African photography.

Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Studio Museum of Harlem and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Studio Museum of Harlem and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
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