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Documentary & Street Portrait Photography
$80
Learn to see the stories hiding in everyday life. In this private 1-hour photography session, Zizo Bongekile Manona will help you photograph people with greater intention, strengthen your visual storytelling, and develop your photographic eye, with personal feedback on your own images.
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Your Purchase Includes
Private 60-minute session, 1:1 or with up to five people
Personal feedback on your own photographs from Zizo
Practical guidance on portraiture, storytelling and visual development
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About the Practitioner
Zizo Bongekile Manona is a South African documentary photographer and visual artist whose work spans documentary photography, graphic design, digital vector art, and illustration.
She deliberately shoots her documentary photography in black and white, both as a method of preservation and as a tribute to the nostalgic tradition of capturing people and places. Her illustrations and street art take a different approach, combining typography and bold imagery with vibrant colour.
Across these different forms, Zizo brings a distinctive eye to people, places, and the stories found in everyday life. -
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Contact
Store name: Zizo Bongekile Manona Art
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Terms & Conditions
Bookings are confirmed in advance. You may cancel or reschedule your session up to 24 hours before the scheduled start time. To make a change, log into your Plentiful account, go to My Account > Orders, select the relevant booking, and follow the options to cancel or reschedule. Cancellations made within this window will be refunded. After the 24-hour cutoff, bookings are non-refundable and cannot be rescheduled.
If Zizo needs to cancel, you may reschedule your session or receive a full refund. Please arrive on time, as late arrivals will not extend the scheduled session.
Participants are expected to photograph people respectfully, consider consent and privacy, and avoid exploitative or harmful representation. All participants are expected to maintain a respectful and inclusive learning environment.
Description
Your Story Matters
You don’t need to travel somewhere extraordinary to make meaningful photographs. Some of the richest stories are already around you. They can be found in your family, friends, neighbourhood, community, and everyday surroundings.
In this private 1-hour documentary photography session, conducted online via Google Meet, you’ll work with South African photographer and visual artist Zizo Bongekile Manona. She’ll help you look closer, photograph people with greater intention, and tell stronger stories through your images.
The session is designed for individuals or small private groups of up to five. It’s suitable for beginners, photography enthusiasts, hobbyists, and more experienced photographers. All you need is a desire to develop your eye and explore documentary and street portrait photography.
What’s Included
Your session includes guidance in documentary and street portrait photography. You’ll explore practical ways to strengthen your visual storytelling and develop your photographic voice.
You’ll also have the opportunity to share your own work with Zizo. She’ll provide personal feedback on your images and help you identify where you could go next.
What You’ll Explore
> Find Your Story
Learn to recognise the stories already unfolding around you. Then, discover how to document the people, places, and everyday moments that catch your eye.
Start where you are. Look closer. From there, build an archive of the world around you.
> See the Portrait
Explore the elements that can transform the way you approach a portrait. For instance, these include composition, light and shadow, contrast, texture, form, backgrounds, environment, and body language.
In turn, these choices can shape an image and what it communicates about the person in front of your camera.
> Develop Your Visual Voice
Discover how your creative choices influence the feeling and meaning of an image. In particular, you’ll explore colour, black and white, light, contrast, composition, environment, and mood.
Over time, the choices you make repeatedly can help you develop a photographic voice that feels like your own.
> Turn Photographs Into Stories
Learn how portraits, environments, details, and interactions can work together to create a visual narrative. A single photograph can capture a powerful moment. A collection of images can reveal a broader story.
> Get Personal Feedback on Your Photography
Bring your own work to the session and receive personal feedback from Zizo. She’ll look at your composition, visual choices, and storytelling. Together, you can explore where your photography could go next.
Each participant can submit up to three photographs through the pre-session questions. Zizo will review them as part of your session.
What You’ll Take Away
Leave with a clearer approach to photographing people and places. You’ll gain a stronger understanding of documentary portraiture and visual storytelling.
The session will give you practical ideas for developing your photography. You’ll also learn to think more carefully about what your images communicate. Personal feedback from Zizo will help guide what you photograph next.
You don’t need to look far for a story. Start with the people and places you already know.
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