Barbara Minishi

Minishi says, "Photography was how i begun my creative exploration and somehow one could say that the camera became a tool for me to expose, deconstruct, and play with such inscriptions of identity.

It was my ‘voice’ and a way of being that created ‘events’ in which i could engage with themes such as stereotypes and ethnicity, land and belonging, emotive expression, urban influence and beauty.

Despite commercial ‘success’ i started to question my role as African female visual communicator and how my vision, direction and body of work could evolve from into a more critical explorative and engaging practice that involved the audiences as also create spaces for involvement and engagement with the audience.

There is an interaction with the hidden intentions and collaboration with emerging transformative expression plus the conscious co-creation with new landscape, culture and ideas."

Minishi won Best Art Director for her work on the film Nairobi Half Life at the 2014 African Magic Viewer's Choice Awards in March 2014.