Zanele Muholi (South African, b. 1972)

TommyBoys

2004

From the series Being (2006 - ongoing)

Courtesy of the Artist and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg and Yancey Richardson, New York

© Zanele Muholi

In "TommyBoys," a colour photograph, two muscular figures in tracksuit pants sit on a tarmac. One, in a red T-shirt, sits with her hands folded against her chest, while next to her, the second uses her white vest to wipe something from her eyes. ("Tommy Boy" is a word used in South Africa, like "butch," to refer to a masculine-presenting lesbian.)

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