PHOTOGRAPHER

Zanele Muholi

1972 - Today

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Zanele Muholi (born 19 July 1972) is a South African artist and visual activist working in photography, video, and installation. Muholi's work focuses on race, gender and sexuality with a body of work that dates back to the early 2000s, documenting and celebrating the lives of South Africa's Black lesbian, gay, transgender, and intersex communities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zanele Muholi has received more than 234,968 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Zanele Muholi is the 147th most popular photographer (down from 129th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 230th in 2019) and the most popular South African Photographer.

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  • 230k

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  • 38.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Zanele Muholi ranks 147 out of 148. Before her are Willy Puchner, Terry Richardson, Wolfgang Tillmans, Titian Peale, Mick Rock, and Pete Souza. After her are Steven Klein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Zanele Muholi ranks 589. Before her are Hani Hanjour, Greg Berlanti, Brandon Teena, Mark Bosnich, Sandrine Testud, and Brigitta Boccoli. After her are Bledar Sejko, Amon Tobin, Isabelle Boulay, Tammy Lynn Sytch, Ovidiu Stîngă, and Liz Vassey.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Zanele Muholi ranks 258 out of 454. Before her are Amanda Coetzer (1971), Theuns Jordaan (1971), Joost van der Westhuizen (1971), Zola Budd (1966), Stanley Skewes (1899), and Trevor Noah (1984). After her are Caster Semenya (1991), Quinton Fortune (1977), MacBeth Sibaya (1977), Pierre Issa (1975), Bryan Habana (1983), and John Moshoeu (1965).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In South Africa

Among photographers born in South Africa, Zanele Muholi ranks 1. 

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