Musa Nxumalo
As part of my ongoing approach to try and showcase as many talented young photographers in South Africa, I finally got time to speak to Musa Nxumalo and get him to answer a few questions about himself and his work.
Tell us more about yourself, who is Musa Nxumalo?
Musa Nxumalo is a 23 year old alumni of the Market Photo Workshop who currently lives in Soweto and works at the Market Photo WorkShop as a course assistant.
Your style is currently very heavily influenced by the music scene, is this a genre you prefer shooting or one that’s come with your lifestyle.
Firstly I would like to say the fact that I am moved heavily by fine-art and documentary photography, in this work I explored more with documentary photography which allowed me to explore with a music genre / culture that I prefer.
There is a growing trend amongst South African photographers who don’t have any presence on the Internet. Is this an anti-establishment approach or is there a valid reason?
Facebook seem to swallow a lot of South African Photographers especially young ones like me, and I have noticed again that it is mostly when a photographer is being featured by a certain online publication that you would see their work on the internet. Other than that I think anxiety and maybe a lack of resources is rather another reason for this matter as opposed to “an anti-establishment trend”, but if this is a really growing or big trend…I’m so not into it.
Name me three photographers you think should get more attention but don’t, and why.
This is one difficult question because I look at more European young-blood photographers who seem to be doing really well in their countries like, Gregg Evans, Bryan Schutmaat etc here at home I would say it is Nkululeko Vilakazi and Lerato Maduna, they’re both driven by passion for their work, they are consistent and have great talent…I’m quite not sure if Nkululeko is still taking pictures though.
What are the struggles you face as a new photographer in South Africa?
The fact that there is nowhere to read and look at other young South African photographers work like I would do on Young Photographers United and Fjord, where photographers are being featured, they show their work and link you to their personal website etc…
That is my one main struggle and de-motivating factor I’m faced with as a young photographer in South Africa
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