The triumph of Tshepiso Mazibuko: The essence of a generation

It is hard not to notice a certain irony in the title of the exhibition that won South African documentary photographer Tshepiso Mazibuko two major prizes in France recently.

She walked away with both the Discovery Award (public vote/people’s choice for the main Discovery Louis Roederer Foundation Award) and the Madame Figaro Photo Award at the Rencontres d’Arles festival in Arles last month.

They were for her exhibition Ho Tshepa Ntshepedi Ya Bontshepe — Sesotho for “to believe in something that will never happen”.