For the first time in South Africa, the Sony World Photography Awards have arrived in Johannesburg with Decisive Moment, a landmark exhibition at the Roger Ballen Centre for Photography. Bringing together award-winning and shortlisted work from the 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions of the Awards, the exhibition presents 34 photographers from 17 countries. Documentary, portraiture, sport, wildlife, travel and creative photography converge to offer a far-reaching view of contemporary photography and...

Words by Anele Nyanda There is a quiet poetry in the way fashion and photography coalesce, the way fabric finds permanence through the lens, and the way the camera discovers narrative within the textures, silhouettes, and gestures that constitute a garment. This poetry is not only something to be observed it is something one needs to walk and “live” through. To step into Fashion_The Image is to be pulled into motion, to be awakened. The photographs in the room do not unfold gently, they...

As part of the Fashion_The Image programme, eight writers were selected to work with the Roger Ballen Centre for Photography, Wanted, and the African Fashion Research Institute to develop written responses that critically engage with the exhibition. As part of her research, writer Bella Makhubo interviewed Kevin Mackintosh, resulting in a thoughtful and insightful conversation with the industry expert. Her piece, Finding the Frame: Kevin Mackintosh on Craft, Identity, and the Future of...