Sipho Mpongo

Sipho Mpongo was born in the Eastern Cape in a rural village called Nqamakwe in 1993 and was raised in Langa, Cape Town. Illiso Labantu, a local photographic mentorship programme, provided the platform for Mpongo to launch into a photographic career. Sipho has recently completed a full time course in study at the Cape Town School of Photography whilst simultaneously contributing to various photographic group shows and projects in Cape Town and internationally.

1993 -
Nationality: South African
Residence: Cape Town

Works

Imagination Tree

Sipho Mpongo

Imagination Tree, 2014
Student watching the removal of Cecil John Rhodes Statue at University of Cape Town

Sipho Mpongo

Student watching the removal of Cecil John Rhodes Statue at University of Cape Town, 2015
Black man drowning

Sipho Mpongo

Black man drowning, 2016
Black man you ain't gonna fly

Sipho Mpongo

Black man you ain't gonna fly, 2013
Domestic worker at Inanda Polo Club in Sandton

Sipho Mpongo

Domestic worker at Inanda Polo Club in Sandton, 2014
Billowing curtain at my house in Langa

Sipho Mpongo

Billowing curtain at my house in Langa
The eyes never lie

Sipho Mpongo

The eyes never lie, 2011
Pink Tap in a hostel in Langa Township

Sipho Mpongo

Pink Tap in a hostel in Langa Township, 2011

ZAR 8000.00
Three little Kids

Sipho Mpongo

Three little Kids, 2011

ZAR 8000.00