CULTURAL WORK & RESEARCH

My work as a cultural practitioner lives in the space where people, place, and memory meet. I explore how communities shape their environments and how those environments, in turn, shape identity, belonging, and everyday life. Through photography and spatial storytelling, I examine the textures, rhythms, and lived realities of Johannesburg’s built world, especially in townships and inner-city spaces often overlooked yet full of cultural intelligence.

My projects, including my collaboration with architects from WAGI Ochre and my ‘Bad Buildings’ photography body of work, use visual research to understand how architecture carries history, emotion, and possibility. I create images that reveal the character of a place — its struggles, its resilience, its quiet beauty, offering insight that informs design, placemaking, and community-centred development.

This work sits at the intersection of culture, space, and social impact. It is rooted in the belief that when we honour the stories held within our environments, we open pathways for healing, continuity, and transformation in African cities.