Invisible Woman I, from the series "Invisible Women"
<p>When Sabelo Mlangeni first moved to Johannesburg in 2001, he noted the contrast between the cleanliness of the streets in the morning and their litter-strewn condition at day’s end. His resulting series, Invisible Women, dives into the lives of the street sweepers, mostly women, who clean the streets each night in one of the world’s most dangerous cities. From February to September 2006, Mlangeni documented these workers, highlighting the challenging nature of their task and their immersion in it. </p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 2006
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 23.3 × 35 cm (9 3/16 × 13 13/16 in.); Paper: 26.1 × 37.8 cm (10 5/16 × 14 15/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Sabelo Mlangeni
Artist
Photography
Sabelo Mlangeni is a South African photographer living and working in Johannesburg, South Africa. His photography is focused on depictions of communities. Mlangeni's work is held in the collections of Tate, the Art Institute of Chicago, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Walther Collection. Mlangeni speaks multiple languages including; IsiZulu, Igbo, Dagbanli, Nguni and English.
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- Sabelo Mlangeni
- Year
- 2006
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 23.3 × 35 cm (9 3/16 × 13 13/16 in.); Paper: 26.1 × 37.8 cm (10 5/16 × 14 15/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-2006-028278
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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