Gulshan Khan

Gulshan Khan is a South African photojournalist and visual artist. Her work traverses the multiple layers of identity, humanity, memory, transition, belonging; justice and the dignity of people. She is inspired by the concept of healing through sincere and conscious story-telling, reflective of people and the times. Through such considerations, she hopes that we can build a more just and equal world. A former stringer for Agence France Presse (AFP), she was the first African woman to be regularly assigned by the agency in 2017. Gulshan is a National Geographic Explorer, the first female South African Canon Ambassador, the recipient of the 2020 HIPA Emerging Photographer award and she was selected as one of the “100 Heroines” in 2019. She has published in the National Geographic, The New York Times, The Guardian among others. Her work resides in the Iziko South African National Archive and permanent collection and she has exhibited across the globe. While working on multiple projects, Gulshan has slowly been developing a long term body of work which looks at the first Muslims in South Africa, a history of slavery, political exile, survival and love; the stories of her ancestors. The project aims to be something that generations to come can look upon as a source of record and memory.

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