Nontsikelelo Mutiti draws on experimental publishing and archiving to create expressive platforms for Black images and stories.
The renowned scholar speaks about her early career in photography, confronting racism in publishing, and why books about Black life are vital.
Aperture’s issue on craft features photographers who make pictures the slow way—building camera obscuras, creating photograms, and laboring in traditional darkrooms to make handmade, unrepeatable forms.