[5] The development of her political awareness started when she travelled to Europe in 1979 and was exposed to banned literature, Ernest Cole’s famous book House of Bondage.
She preferred to document how apartheid shaped the lives of South African's citizens rather than violence and conflict which happened between protesters and the police.
[6] In 1994, she was employed by the Independent Electoral Commission with Paul Weinberg, Henner Frankenfeld and Graeme Williams to document the first democratic general elections in South Africa.
Wulfsohn found that the Johannesburg Health Department established an HIV education play that was performed in clinics to increase condom use.
These photographs called "Living Openly" was published in newspapers and magazines around South Africa, and were displayed at the Durban International Aids Conference in July 2000.
[8] Wulfsohn's commitment to documenting the struggle against HIV and AIDS in South Africa continued over 20 years and was regarded as seminal.
[6] She was hired by OXFAM UK and Frances Lincoln Publishers in 2000 to take the photographs for a children's counting book, called One Child, One Seed, set in rural KwaZulu Natal.
[12] After she died a bursary in her name was established by her family and friends at the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg to support young photographers committed to using photography to document important social issues.
[2] The first bursary recipient was Sydelle Willow Smith, and her solo exhibition 'Soft Walls' was displayed at the Market Photo Workshop and in Cape Town.
[17] Her 'Plastic Crowns' exhibition, focusing on issues of gender and identity, opened at the Market Photo Workshop in February 2017 and was a winning submission for the 2018 Contemporary African Photography Prize.