Lindokuhle Sobekwa

Lindokuhle Sobekwa (born 1995) 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.