Justin’s work explores concepts of identity and representation in South Africa, reviewing the ethics of photographic practice and the impact for contemporary art. Past work ‘Being for the Other’ and ‘It Must Be Built From Ashes’ delve into social projects to construct narratives that reflect on South Africa as a postcolony. Justin’s current body of work, ‘Walls in the Riverbed’, looks at the importance of the photographic archive and found material for interpreting visual media in contemporary contexts — exploring personal relationships with colonial histories through a sequence of chapters and visual reflections. Having returned from working on his new project in South Africa, Justin is based in London producing a first publication for ‘Walls in the Riverbed’, and shows alongside Nii Obodai in a debut solo show ‘Resonances’ at Messums, Cork Street
Clients include: Christian Dior, Malone Souliers, Nataal, Public Ambition, Departures & AWAY Travel
Represented by
Galerie Number 8, Brussels
Messums, London
Artist Talk with Dr Julie Bonzon, Director of Photography at Messums — ‘Scratching the Surface’
AWARDS / EXHIBITIONS
2022
LensCulture New Discoveries — New York City Scratching the Surface — MessumsResonances — Messums LondonArtsy2021
Les Nouveaux Romantiques — Galerie Number 8, ParisUSW Graduate Degree Show — MA Documentary PhotographyPhoto London — Messums, Somerset HouseFoto Tallinn — Galerie Number 8, Kai Art CenterSource — Graduate Photography Online 2021Sony World Photography AwardsLucie Foundation Portrait Project — Los Angeles2020
Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize Exhibition — National Portrait GalleryPhoto London Digital — Galerie Number 8LensCulture Exposure Awards — New York CitySony World Photography Awards — LondonDer Grief — Guest Room with Marie Gomis-TreziseJoyeux Store — Galerie Number 8 × NataalAthens Photo Festival — ShortlistedTIP × EMOP — BerlinThe Independent Photographer — Portrait AwardsThrough The Lens Collective — Johannesburg2019
Photo Vogue Festival 'A Glitch in the System' — MilanThe Independent Photographer — Barcelona & BerlinLife Framer — London & MilanLife Framer Youthhood — ShortlistedLucie Foundation Photo Taken Grant — ShortlistedLucie Foundation MOPLA — Los Angeles2018
BJP Portrait of Britain AOP Student Awards — LondonSaatchi Young Artist Prize — London
FEATURES / PUBLICATIONS
2022
Paper Journal — ResonancesThe Washington Post — Resonances2021
Nataal — Digital Issue 2Sony World Photography Awards BookCreative BoomAint-Bad Magazine — Issue 15EMC MagazineThe Best of LensCulture Volume 4 — Schilt Publishing2020
Paper Journal — 'It Must Be Built From Ashes'Booooooom — 'It Must Be Built From Ashes'Zero Nine Magazine — 'It Must Be Built From Ashes'Musée Magazine — Photo Journal MondayLife Framer CollectionGUP Fresh EyesPOCC MagazineHERE MagazineNataal — Blessing Ngobeni & Teresa Kutala FirminoNataal — Victoria Yards JohannesburgNataal — Ayanda MabuluNataal — Lance LightyearNataal — Lynda Dawn2019
It's Nice ThatYWYW MagazineOath Magazine — Issue 1Fresh Eyes × GUP Magazine — New European Photography The Independent Photographer — Talents of the Year Untitled — Curated by Henry Jay Kamara × Vibbar
ArtPremium — Art Basel Miami2018
Portrait of Britain — BJP × Hoxton Mini PressAint-Bad MagazineFloat Magazine