Jabulani Dhlamini (b. 1983, Warden, South Africa) is a documentary photographer whose practice reflects on his upbringing in the post-apartheid era alongside the experiences of local South African communities. Dhlamini’s meditative approach to photography encourages a closer look at what lies on the edges through an exploration of personal and collective memory.

Dhlamini’s most celebrated bodies of work have focused on key moments in South African history, such as ‘Recaptured’ which looks at cross-generational recollections of the Sharpeville Massacre, ‘Isisekelo’ which documents the familial impact of land dispossession, and ‘iQhawekazi,’ which mapped the shifting legacy of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at the time of her death in 2018.

Solo exhibitions include: ‘Casa/iKhaya Lami,’ Mitre Gallery, Brazil (2023); ‘Isisekelo,’ Goodman Gallery Johannesburg (2019); ‘Recaptured,’ Goodman Gallery Cape Town (2016); ‘uMama,’ Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg (2012).

Group exhibitions include: ‘Inganekwane,’ North West University Gallery, South Africa (2022); ‘iHubo – Whispers,’ PhotoSaintGermain festival, France (2022); ‘Side to Side Johannesburg,’ La Permanence Photographique, France (2022); ‘A Different Now is Close Enough to Exhale on You,’ Umhlabathi Collective Gallery, South Africa (2022); ‘Five Photographers. A tribute to David Goldblatt,’ Gerard Sekoto Gallery, French Institute of South Africa and the Alliance Française of Johannesburg.

Dhlamini is an alumni fellow of the Edward Ruiz Mentorship programme and the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg.

Dhlamini lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa.