Lindokuhle Sobekwa


Lindokuhle Sobekwa is a South African documentary photographer. He is a Nominee member of Magnum Photos and based in Johannesburg.

Life and work

Sobekwa was born in Katlehong, a township, 35 km from Johannesburg, South Africa. He learned photography in 2012 through participation in the first Of Soul and Joy Project, an educational programme for young people run in the township of Thokoza; the workshop was given by Bieke Depoorter and Cyprien Clément-Delmas. His photo essay, Nyaope, about people who use the drug Nyaope in the township in which he lived and beyond, was published by the South African newspaper Mail & Guardian in 2014 and by Vice and De Standaard in 2015. He joined Magnum Photos as a Nominee member in 2018.

Publications