Androgyny & South African Youth Culture: OATH Studio's Gorgeous Soweto-Shot Portraits
OATH Studios' SS16 lookbook delivers androgyny and South African youth culture in a series of gorgeous Soweto-shot portraits.
<p><em>OATH Studio's SS16 lookbook. Photography: Kristin-Lee Moolman. Styling Gabrielle Kannemeyer.</em></p><p>South African photographer <strong><a href="http://www.kristinleemoolman.com/" target="_blank">Kristen-Lee Moolman</a></strong> and creative director <strong><a href="http://gabriellekannemeyer.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Gabrielle Kannemeyer</a></strong> recently teamed up to create a series of androgynous portraits capturing youth culture in Johannesburg for emerging designer <strong><a href="https://instagram.com/rich_mnisi/" target="_blank">Rich Mnisi’s</a></strong> SS16 <strong><a href="http://www.oathrm.com/" target="_blank">OATH Studio</a></strong> lookbook. “We wanted to capture the essence of South African township culture in the 80s and 90s,” Moolman told <a href="http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/26333/1/raw-portraits-of-south-african-youth" target="_blank">Dazed Digital</a>. “The culture of androgyny was at its peak, supported largely by the need to ‘show up’ (out do each other).”</p><p>The moody images were shot in Mnisi’s grandmother’s house in Chiawelo, Soweto, with an eclectic group consisting of <strong><a href="https://instagram.com/desiremarea/" target="_blank">Desire Marea</a></strong> (one half of queer performance art duo <strong><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/news/south-african-queer-performance-art-duo-faka-unlabelled-magazine/" target="_blank">FAKA</a></strong>), professional model <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/_saphiire" target="_blank">Janet Otobo</a></strong> and <strong>Wayne Stewart</strong>, a student they cast on the way to the shoot. The photographs came out raw, wistful and ultimately gorgeous.</p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p>See a few shots from the series below and check out the full lookbook via <a href="http://www.oathrm.com/ss16women#0" target="_blank">OATH Studio</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/OATH-Studio-Rich-Msini-2.jpg"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xMDM5NTI5MC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxNDU0NjA3NH0.cHvIMX1oA_GU-wSQNa7A74lQ8EerFcFf_1akYJ6wfIk/img.jpg?width=980" id="5cb31" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c3f5a27214dfe07afabceecbd0607f5b" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></a></p><p><em>OATH Studio's SS16 lookbook. Photography: Kristin-Lee Moolman. Styling Gabrielle Kannemeyer.</em></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/OATH-Studio-Rich-Msini-3.jpg"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xMDM5NTI5Mi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1MTg4Nzg3N30.Av6OEpZEji9nhCxvWAy4WeDj4fjqT4wRV8RyWpheV1M/img.jpg?width=980" id="8ed1e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c5904a36455b5f1d2f7cfc343677f49f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></a></p><p><em>OATH Studio's SS16 lookbook. Photography: Kristin-Lee Moolman. Styling Gabrielle Kannemeyer.</em></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/OATH-Studio-Rich-Msini-4.jpg"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xMDM5NTI5OC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0MzgxMjQ1Mn0.cH37a62gdimJB8zjDIen3QF_mUGiL8H0VZ_44ub5T9s/img.jpg?width=980" id="c2c85" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="74ded65cc82db79a5e9bb773d75cbd0d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></a></p><p><em>OATH Studio's SS16 lookbook. Photography: Kristin-Lee Moolman. Styling Gabrielle Kannemeyer.</em></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/OATH-Studio-Rich-Msini-5.jpg"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xMDM5NTMwMC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0ODc4NTQxMn0.RYJQj38F472RbtxR_gQIqPDE0k85HkSDD6ZYOglTW48/img.jpg?width=980" id="60d06" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a634cc5cfa532b55479ee3dc51ca2092" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></a></p><p><em>OATH Studio's SS16 lookbook. Photography: Kristin-Lee Moolman. Styling Gabrielle Kannemeyer.</em></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/OATH-Studio-Rich-Msini-1.jpg"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xMDM5NTMwMy9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzNTg3ODM4OH0.6JkAWbt2nQuZdr1jdNypfAm0Y9AJVg-UqISV87RvTpw/img.jpg?width=980" id="76620" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="60b103ec6850f68186b62c99c67e31dd" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></a></p><p><em>OATH Studio's SS16 lookbook. Photography: Kristin-Lee Moolman. Styling Gabrielle Kannemeyer.</em></p><p><em>(H/T <a href="http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/26333/1/raw-portraits-of-south-african-youth" target="_blank">Dazed and Confused Magazine</a>)</em></p>
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