Santu Mofokeng

**Santu Mofokeng** (ụbọchị iri na itoolu n'ọnwa Ọktoba, afọ1956 na ụbọchị irí abụọ na isii n'ọnwa Jenụwarị, afọ 2020) bụ onye na-ese foto akụkọ na akụkọ South Africa nke na-arụ ọrụ n'okpuru aha ọzọ *Mofokengâ* . Mofokeng bụ onye otu Afrapix ma merie Prince Claus Award.

## Oge ọ malitere
A mụrụ Mofokeng n'ubochí irí na itoolu n'ọnwa Ọktoba, n'afọ 1956, na Soweto, Johannesburg.

## Ọrụ
Ógè ọ ka dị afọ iri na ụma, ọ bịdọrọ ọrụ ya dị ka onye na-ese foto n'okporo ámá, gaa n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye enyemaka n'ime ụlọ gbara ọchịchịrị, wee rụọ ọrụ dị ka Onye na-ese ihe akụkọ. N'ikpeazụ, ọ sonyeere otu Afrapix, na-arụ ọrụ n'okpuru aha ọzọ *Mofokengâ*. Na mbido, o dere ihe gbasara ọgụ megide ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na South Africa.

N'afọ 1988, ọ bịdọrọ ịrụ ọrụ na African Studies Institute na Mahadum nke Witwatersrand (Wits), ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ n'akụkụ Revisionist Charles Van Onselen. Ihe odide Mofokeng ka mma n'oge ọ nọ na Mahadum. Ọ nọrọ ọtụtụ n'ime afọ iri sochirinụ na-anakọta foto nke ndị nọ n'etiti South Africa. Ógè ọ nọ na Wits, Mofokeng ghọtara mkpa ọ dị ịza ọbụna ajụjụ kachasị mfe na foto, ajụjụ ndị dị ka Gịnị ka ị na-eme na nke a bụ ihe ị na-ekwu?. Usoro a nyeere Mofokeng aka ịgbanwe ụzọ o si ele foto anya ma chọta ezi ihe foto ọ bụla o sere pụtara.

Mofokeng mesiri ike akụkụ ime mmụọ nke ọrụ ya, dịka na usoro Chasing Shadows site n'afọ 1997. Ógè ọ bịdọrọ na foto okporo ámá na akụkọ, ọ bụ ọkachamara na ọdịdị ala. Ọrụ ndị ọzọ na-egosi nchegbu miri emi ya maka ọnọdụ nke (biophysical) gburugburu ebe obibi na mmalite nke narị afọ nke irí abụọ n'otu.

N'ihe ngosi ya Let's Talk n'afọ 2010, ọ kọwara na isi abụghị ihe ị na-ahụ na foto ndị a, kama ihe ị na'adịghị ahụ (ma ọ na-eche).

N'ọnwa Jenụwarị ụbọchị irí abụọ na isii, n'afọ 2020, Mofokeng nwụrụ site na ọrịa supranuclear na-aga n'ihu, ọrịa ụbụrụ na-emebi emebi, na Johannesburg.

## Ihe ngosi onwe onye

* 1990: Like Shifting Sand, Market Galleries, Johannesburg [citation needed]
* 1994: Asịrị / The Bloemhof Portfolio, Market Galleries, Johannesburg [citation needed]
* 1995: Distorting Mirror/Townships Imagined, Worker's Library, Johannesburg [citation needed]
* 1997: *Chasing Shadows* ̆ Gertrude Posel Gallery, Mahadum nke Witwatersrand, Johannesburg [citation needed]
* 1998: Black Photo Album/Look at Me, Netherlands Photo Institute, Rotterdam [citation needed]
* 1998: Chasing Shadows, Netherlands Photo Institute, Rotterdam [citation needed]
* 1998: Lunarscapes, Netherlands Photo Institute, Rotterdam [citation needed]
* 1999: Black Photo Album/Look at Me, FNAC Montparnasse [citation needed]
* 2000: Chasing Shadows, Transparencies International, Berlin [citation needed]
* 2000: Sad Landscapes, Camouflage Gallery, Johannesburg [citation needed]
* 2003: Chasing Shadows, Memling Museum, Bruges [citation needed]
* 2004: Rethinking Landscape, Centre photographique d'Ile-de-France (CPIF), Pontault-Combault [citation needed]
* 2004: *Santu Mofokeng*, David Krut Projects, New York City
* 2006: Invoice Iziko, South African National Art Museum, Cape Town [citation needed]
* 2007: Invoice, Standard Bank Art Museum, Johannesburg [citation needed]
* 2008: Homeland Security, Johannesburg Art Museum [citation needed]
* 2008: Santu Mofokeng's Landscape, Warren Siebrits, Johannesburg [citation needed]
* 2009: *Ihe ngosi nyocha Mofokeng*, Autograph ABP, London [citation needed]
* 2010: Chasing Shadows, Anne Arbor Institute of Humanities, Michigan [citation needed]
* 2010: Let's Talk, Arts on Main, Johannesburg [citation needed]
* 2010: Remaining Past, Minshar Art Institute, Tel Aviv [citation needed]
* 2011 na iri na abụọ: Chasing Shadows, Paris, Bern, Bergen, Antwerp

## Onyinye

* 1991: Ernest Cole Scholarship, maka ọmụmụ na International Center of Photography, na New York City [citation needed]
* 1992: 1st Mother Jones Award for Africa [citation needed]
* 1998: Künstlerhaus Worpswede Fellowship, Germany [citation needed]
* 1999: Contre Jour Residency, Marseille [citation needed]
* 1999: DAAD Fellowship, Worpswede, Germany [citation needed]
* 2001: DAAD Fellowship, Worpswede, Germany [citation needed]
* 2007: Ruth First Fellowship [citation needed]
* 2009: Onyinye Prince Claus, Netherlands
* 2016: International Photography Prize, Fondazione Fotografia Modena ̊ Sky Arte, Italy [citation needed]

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