Sabelo Mlangeni is a South African photographer who was born in 1980 in Driefontein, near Wakkerstroom, in Mpumalanga, and moved in 2001 to Johannesburg, where he joined the Photo Workshop market, graduating in 2004.

His sensitivity and ability to provoke emotion through his images have earned him a place in the world of photography. He has had solo exhibitions in various parts of South Africa, the US, New Zealand, the UK and Angola; and group exhibitions in Germany, Nigeria, Mali, France, Portugal, Holland and Mexico, which have addressed themes as diverse as apartheid, the invisibility of women, and sex.

During his residency, the South African photographer Sabelo Mlangeni explored the concept and idea of family, a universal theme of profound social significance and myriad possibilities of expression that photography can unlock thanks to the wealth of nuances and socio-cultural constructions it carries.