This Audio is Visual is an award winning arts podcast, profiling visual arts and artists across the continent and diaspora. We educate through sharing stories about key players of the visual arts sector. This episode is no different with guest Eitan Stern,Director & Lawyer at Legalese.  Stern shares insights on Copyright and Laws around it. This is definitely for all the independent Creative Entrepreneurs.  Please follow us on Wordpress to avoid missing any of our episodes:...

Liz Neofytou is the co-founder of Artborne Framing, based in Victoria Yards, Johannesburg. She speaks to us about the process and emphasises the importance of framing, and how it is used to protect the art piece and preserve it over time. Seated at their gallery space, she shares that although the company started last year, the business is going well and steady. Find out more on on the episode.  Engineered: Tseliso Monaheng  Mixing and Mastering: Tseliso Monaheng Producer:...

The 6th and final episode of season 2 features Bantu Mahlangu, a Johannesburg based photographer. Mahlangu extensively documents events and the entertainment space in South Africa. A friend of his opened him to the idea of potentially studying at the Market Photo Workshop because he always carried a camera on him. Since then, Mahlangu has worked with top musicians Urban Village, Msaki, J Molley and Sampha The Great to name a few. In this episode, Mahlangu takes us through his photography...

For the latest episode of This Audio Is Visual, our guest co-host Sabelo Mkhabela sits down with rapper and art director @ByLwansta (please always say the “By”) to chat about the importance of visuals and rollouts. With album art reduced to a mere thumbnail in the internet age, ByLwansta believes rollouts are more important now than ever as artists are competing with memes, selfies and other kinds of user generated media. As we have this conversation about the importance of a thorough rollout...

A week back we asked you guys to please help us gather questions we could ask @sisterbozza, who recently came back home from France. In conversation with fellow artists Puleng Mongale, the two talk candidly about language barrier when it comes to open calls/callouts, Sisterbozza's process and what their definition is of the term She Bad Bad. This and more on this dope 30some minute chat. You'll definitely enjoy it. Listen with a friend. This content is part of an ongoing series in...

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging photographers and visual artists on their work. The fifth episode of the second season features Durban born photographer Andile Phewa, a Market Photo Workshop alumni whose interests are centred on fashion and nightlife. In the episode the photographer shares insights on invoicing and other photography business hacks. “You cannot research pricing. You price in accordance with (what you have done), how long you have been in the industry,” shares...

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging photographers and visual artists on their work. The fifth episode of the second season features Durban born photographer Andile Phewa, a Market Photo Workshop alumni whose interests are centred on fashion and nightlife. In the episode the photographer shares insights on invoicing and other photography business hacks. “You cannot research pricing. You price in accordance with (what you have done), how long you have been in the industry,” shares...

The fourth episode of season 2 of This Audio is Visual features Keabetsoe Makgoane. In this episode of TAIV, @AndyMkosi sits down with Keabetsoe Makgoane to take a deeper look behind the intention of their photography. Kea who was born and bred in the South of Johannesburg speaks about how their heritage can always be found in their photography.  Kea started their photography journey in 2018, the following year they joined the Market Photo Workshop. Their current style is portrait...

In our third episode of the second season of This Audio is Visual, we have Ayanda Charlie sitting down with Sabelo Mkhabela. Sabelo is the current South African Arts and Culture Editor for OkayAfrica. In this episode, he unwinds his tumultuous journey to being a contemporary cultural writer who doubles as a photographer. However, Sabelo does not consider himself to be a photographer, the title ‘visual documentor’ sits more comfortably. He engages guest Ayanda Charlie about his journey from...

Episode 2 of Season of This Audio is Visual was recorded at The Forge in Braamfontein. The Forge is a pan-african and progressive cultural venue in Braamfontein. The episode features  "vibey" Zimbabwean born photographer and 3rd year film student Thabo "downtownthabz" Mthombeni on his journey through the lenses. From the importance of community, acknowledging the subject, archiving for the future and the inspiration behind his raw and insightful collection. Description by @SECHABA...

The first episode of season 2  features fine artist and printmaker, Amichai Tahor. He tells of his appointment to take over the late Andre Meintjies' studio in Braamfontein, where he identified an opportunity to create a linkage between image makers and print makers. "There's  a lot of investigation that needs to be done into the act of producing an image into print." Amichai founded Lightfarm, a print company based in Johannesburg, with his friend and colleague, Andrius Vlachakis....

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging African photographers on their work and journey as image makers. It is both a masterclass and blueprint archive for new image makers.  The conversations will vary according to what each photographer specializes in. The first 2020 episode features Puleng Mongale, a self-described storyteller with a love for documenting the authenticities of life while balancing the intricacies of being a modern day creative. “I am led by intuition, feelings so I let...

This episode of This Audio Is Visual features Elijah Ndoumbé, a multi disciplinary artist who works to challenge the dominant narrative around members of their communities as pathologized beings. Originally raised in France with roots in Cameroon, Elijah travelled to South Africa to continue studying for degrees in African and African-American studies and feminist gender and sexuality studies. They speak on the importance of food in their childhood, how social media can harm our careers, and...

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging African photographers on their work as image makers. A masterclass and blueprint archive for new image makers. Episode 6 spotlights self taught Johannesburg based, film photographer Andile Buka. In this episode Andile speaks on pursuing connections with fellow creatives, photographing familiar peers with a fresh eye, and the importance of standing up against exploitative structures. The podcast was recorded and edited by Tseliso Monaheng Photographs...

Recorded at the Market Photo Workshop Library, the 5th episode of This Audio Is Visual features Tshepiso Mabula a photographer from Limpopo. They are based in Johannesburg, Soweto. The 45-minute-plus conversation with Mabula touches on a number of topics namely Identity, growing up in a staunch Christian household and their upcoming exhibition UKUGRUMBA, a project she developed as a Tierney Fellowship under the mentorship of Bra’ Buyaphi Mdledle. “UKUGRUMBA, which means to “dig up” in...

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging African photographers on their work as image makers. A masterclass and blueprint archive for new image makers. The conversations vary according to what each entrepreneur specialises in, while some episodes will spotlight new image makers. Episode spotlights Johannesburg based Koketso Tube, a young contemporary photographer from Kagiso. Tube is a Market Photo Workshop student pursuing the Advance Programme In Photography course. In the episode...

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging African photographers on their work as image makers. A masterclass and blueprint archive for new image makers. The conversations vary according to what each entrepreneur specializes in, while some episodes will spotlight new image makers. Episode 3 features Jabulani Dhlamini who was born in the Free State. Dhlamini started making images in 1996. Dhlamini had his first solo exhibition at the Market Photo Workshop Gallery in Joburg in 2012. Recently,...

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging African photographers on their work as image makers.A masterclass and blueprint archive for new image makers.The conversations vary according to what each entrepreneur specializes in, while some episodes will spotlight new image makers. Episode two features Tseliso Monaheng a Lesotho born, South Africa based multimedia artist.Tseliso has been documenting the live perfomance scene across the country since the early 2000s- at the time, with a...

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging African photographers on their work and journey as image makers. It is both a masterclass and blueprint archive for new image makers. The conversations will vary according to what each photographer specializes in. In the first episode, I sit down with the Johhannsesburg-based photographer Nonzuzo Gxekwa. Nonzuzo is originally from Richards Bay. She makes images of the everyday. She is drawn to the beauty and grit of Johannesburg. In the episode,...