Kodwa I
- Title:
- Kodwa I
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
Inequality and legacies of discrimination - Creator:
- Muholi, Zanele
- Creation Date:
- 2017
- ID Number:
- 2019
- File Name:
- 2019.035.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Homophobia
Sexuality & culture Black Queer Female Identity
Black representation
Gender-based violence
Art and Photography
contemporary art - Measurement:
- 99.1 × 66.4 (Image) (inches, height x width)
- Description:
- Self-portrait of Muholi, looking directly into the camera with authority, their chin slightly raised. They have dark skin and they are wearing a turban of wavy fiber gathered into an open peak above their face. Around their shoulders is a cape of long light colored hair. The background of the image is an even light grey, providing no distraction from the direct address of Muholi's gaze.
- Notes:
- Framed gelatin silver print.
- Cite As:
- Zanele Muholi (South African, born 1972), Kodwa I, 2017. Gelatin silver print, image: 99.1 × 66.4 cm, framed: 111.4 x 78.6 cm.. Acquired through the Jennifer, Gale, and Ira Drukier Fund, 2019.035.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the Mellon Teaching Sets Collection are unknown. Whenever possible, information on current rights owners is included with the image. Digitization took place at varied times from items held at Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in service of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Cornell is providing access to low-resolution, non-downloadable versions of the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial research and educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at museum@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.