Bonani Africa Online Exhibition 2010

Antony Kaminju

Soccer fan

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Kenyan born photographer, Antony Kaminju, began documenting the colourful sub culture of South African soccer fans after attending a derby, at Soweto's Orlando Stadium, in 2009.His fans carry watermelons, loaves of bread, telephone sets, cabbage, giant dolls and many wear colourful masks. The paraphernalia comes out when their team scores or almost scores. In the midst of the frenzy and cacophony of sounds, a fan of the scoring team will eat the cabbage or the watermelon or take a huge bite from the loaf of bread, signalling to the opposing team and their fans 'we shall eat you up'.

About Antony Kaminju

Born in Nairobi, Kenya, 1972. Resides in Johannesburg. Studied at University of the Witwatersrand, International Institute of Journalism, Berlin, Kenya Polytechnic and the Market Photo Workshop. Has a BA(Hons) in Journalism and Diplomas in Photojournalism and Graphic Arts Communication. Awards: Award For Freedom Press Day 2002, Netherlands Embassy, Kenya; Special Mention-CNN Africa Awards 2004; Adobe Photo of the Year Award 2008. Granted a Residency at Tilburg Art School, Holland in 2003. Collections: Wedge Gallery in Toronto Canada; Agency for French Development in France. Founding member of Photo Multimedia Institute of East Africa (PMI-EA), which is a new photo resource centre to promote and enhance photography in the region.

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