ABSTRACT
This chapter engages with the impact of the Anthropocene through the lens of the Global South and demonstrates the intersections between the current environmental crisis with social and political injustice in the South African context. The chapter explores the approaches employed by the photographer Thobani Khumalo, professionally known as Thobani K, in addressing the politics of water provision in the community of Eskebheni in KwaZulu-Natal. By drawing on his lived experience, Thobani K uses two different approaches to respond to the crisis of inadequate water supply in his community. One approach follows a traditional photojournalistic and documentary approach to photography, while the other explores more experimental image making and the potential for the visual language of fashion editorial to tell the story. The chapter examines these two approaches in relation to photography in the Anthropocene.
