Images play a powerful role in shaping how we think, says South African portrait photographer Alice Mann. That’s why representing her subjects in a positive way is central to her work.
“Women in South Africa, and particularly young women, are often shown in quite a disempowered way. And I think people can often be reduced to their context,” said Mann.
From 2017 to 2020, Mann traveled across South Africa creating images for a photoseries celebrating the aspiration and empowerment of the next generation of South African women. The series documents the…