Nontsikelelo Veleko

Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko (amezaliwa Bodibe, jimbo la Kaskazini Magharibi, 19 Agosti 1977) ni mpiga picha wa Afrika Kusini aliyetambulika zaidi kwa kuonyesha utambulisho wa weusi wake katika miji na mitindo mbalimbali baada ya ubaguzi wa rangi wa kikatili nchi ya Afrika Kusini.

Maisha na Kazi 
Veleko alikulia Cape Town na alihudhuria Shule ya Upili ya Luhlaza katika Khayelitsha. Mnamo 1995 alisoma muundo wa picha katika Cape Technikon. Baada ya kuhamia Johannesburg, alisomea upigaji picha katika Warsha ya Picha ya Ukumbi wa Soko (1999–2004), katika shirika linaloanzishwa na David Goldblatt ambalo linalenga kutoa mafunzo rasmi kwa wapiga picha vijana ambao vinginevyo hawataweza kupata rasilimali kama hizo.

Mwaka wa 2003, Veleko aliandika graffiti katika Cape Town na Johannesburg, Mfululizo wa filamu ulioenda kwa jina la The ones on top won't make it Stop! katika maonyesho yake ya kwanza ya solo katika Johannesburg Art Nyumba ya sanaa. Picha hizi zikazingira hali ya kijamii na kisiasa ya baada ya ubaguzi wa kikatili Afrika Kusini. <ref name="Murinik"></ref> Mwaka huo huo, Veleko aliteuliwa kushiriki katika Tuzo mpya za Sanaa za MTN Contemporaries. Shindano hili hubainisha wasanii wanne wa Afrika Kusini chipukizi na kuchagua mshindi. Katika miaka michache ijayo, kazi yake ilionekana katika maonyesho mbalimbali kote Afrika Kusini, Ulaya na Australia.

Machapisho

Vitabu 
 Maart, B; T. J. Lemon. Introduction by David Goldblatt. 2002. SHARP: The Market Photography Workshop. The Market Photography Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
 The Fatherhood Project: 2003–2004. Child, Youth and Family Development (CYFD), Human Sciences Research Council, HSRC Press, Pretoria, South Africa, 2004.
 Perryer, S (ed). 2004. 10 Years 100 Artists: Art in a Democratic South Africa. Bell Roberts Publishing in association with Struik Publishing, Cape Town, South Africa.
 Comely, R; G. Hallett; N. Neo (eds). 2006. Woman by Woman: 50 Years of Women’s Photography in South Africa. Wits University Press, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Katalogi 
 Smith, Kathryn 2003. MTN New Contemporaries. MTN, Johannesburg.
 Damsbo, Mads. 2004. Unsettled: 8 South African Photographers, The National Museum of Photography, The Royal Library, Copenhagen.
 Waselchuk, Lori. 2004. Is e.verybody comfortable.
 Enwezor, Okwui. 2006. Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography. International Center of Photography, New York.
 Lehtonen, Kimmo (ed). 2007. IPRN Changing Faces #3. Van Wyk, Gary (ed). 2004. A Decade of Democracy: Witnessing South Africa. Sondela, Boston.
 Vergon, Henri 2007. Two Years of Afronova. Afronova, Johannesburg.

Maonyesho

Maonyesho ya Solo 
 2002–2003 The Ones on Top Won't Make It Stop!, The Kuppel, Basel, Switzerland, 2002; Women's Arts Festival, Johannesburg Art Gallery and Market Theatre Galleries, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2003
 2007 SCREAM! MUTE! SCREAM!, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
 2008-9 Wonderland, Standard Bank Young Artist Award, national travelling exhibition, including National Arts Festival Grahamstown, Grahamstown; Durban Art Gallery, Durban; Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Marejeo 

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