Kristen-Lee Moolman is an accredited international photographer. She’s won the Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers as of 2020 and has worked for some of the biggest fashion houses in the industry, including Dior and Burberry. Not to mention she’s also worked with the queen Rihanna on her Fenty campaign.
However, despite all the lux of the high life she has captured through her lens, for Moolman, the purpose now goes back to her South African roots. Her latest muse is challenging the stereotypes about our country.
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Moolman has stated, as per The South African, that working on some projects in the international fashion industry caused her to reach an important conclusion: she could no longer create work she didn’t identify with.
This is why her latest campaigns and shoots have been so focused on important topics close to her heart.
Moolman’s story.
Kristen-Lee Moolman grew up during the final years of apartheid (as per The South African). The political turmoil in South Africa, with which she grew up had a profound effect on Moolman, and her sense of identity as per CNN.
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so excited to be on @tmagazine’s first digital cover!! here’s a sneak peak of what’s to come from @FentyOfficial?? Written by @JeremyOHarris, photographed by Kristin Lee Moolman,
makeup: Lauren Parsons, hair: @yusefhairnyc, manicure: @JennyLongworth, set design: Andrew Tomlinson pic.twitter.com/ukNhvfYHY8— Rihanna (@rihanna) May 20, 2019
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Picture: Kristen-Lee Moolman