Lee-Ann Olwage is a South African visual storyteller and photographic artist.
In her words: “Photography is the hardest mirror I’ve ever had to hold up to myself. Your work is a reflection of your state of mind and reveals that to the world. That kind of honest self-observation takes a lot of courage. It takes a long time to peel back the layers of yourself and to show that to the world.”
In her works, which are all about the celebration of one’s identity, the subjects can play an active part in the co-creation of their stories so they can create images that they feel are expressing their stories in an affirming way, and this is even more true since Olwage’s projects are long terms ones.