Giya Makondo-Wills
They Came from The Water While The World Watched
These photographs depict indigenous South African Ancestral belief and Christianity, in relation to the colonisation of the country. The complex interplay between Christianity and Ancestral religion manifest within my own family, where it is common to call on God and The Gods. The work looks from a new perspective regarding documentary photography and the western gaze, whilst exploring the sanctity of keeping traditional beliefs alive and the adaptation to the world today. Being both British and South African, I address the clash of beliefs from the point of view of the coloniser and the colonised. I represent a dual perspective and highlight the symbiotic relationship between cultural elements and the resilience of pre-colonial customs in a modern guise.
Zsofi Bohm • Kieran Cudlip • Polly Garnett • Louis Herron • Giuseppe Iannello • Giya Makondo-Wills • Luke Richards • Luke Withers •
Bath Spa University
BA (Hons) Photography
Blackpool and the Fylde
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Brighton
BA (Hons) Photography
Arts University Bournemouth
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Chester
BA (Hons) Photography
Cleveland College of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Photography
Coventry University
BA (Hons) Photography
Dublin Institute of Technology
BA (Hons) Photography
Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media
IADT Dun Laoghaire
BA (Hons) Photography
Falmouth University
BA (Hons) Photography
UCA Farnham
BA (Hons) Photography
Hereford College of Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Huddersfield
BA (Hons) Photography
Leeds College of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
Limerick School of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Photography and Lens Based Media
Manchester Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photography
Middlesex University London
BA (Hons) Photography
Open College of the Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
National College of Art and Design
Photography and Digital Imaging Certificate
Plymouth College of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Portsmouth
BA (Hons) Photography
Sheffield Hallam University
BA (Hons) Photography
University of South Wales
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography
Swansea College of Art, UWTSD
BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts
Swansea College of Art, UWTSD
BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary