Tshepiso Mazibuko is a photographer who uses the medium as a vessel to self-position herself and create links between the political, society, landscape, and history.
Mazibuko was first introduced to photography in high school through the Of Soul and Joy project initiated by Rubis mecenat. She then went on to further her studies at the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg, and completed her studies in 2016. In 2017, she was the recipient of the Tierney Fellowship. Working as an independent photographer, she was then awarded the Prince Claus Fund Award grant 2018 for her project Between Spaces.
Mazibuko has participated in numerous shows worldwide. In 2021, she became one of the founding members of Umhlabathi Collective. In 2024, she won the Louis Roederer Discovery Award Public prize and, in the same year, won the Prix de la Photo Madame Figaro Arles, for her work Ho tshepa ntshepedi ya bontshepe.
