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Sibusiso Gcaba (20 June 1989-) is an independent photographic artist based in Johannesburg. He is known for his street photography created in the Johannesburg inner city, inspired by traditional street photography and cinematography in the use of light and shadow. In his work, he taps into his upbringing to explore the how the spaces of childhood shape the spatial identity of individuals.

Early life
He was born in Ga-Rankuwa Hospital and spent his earliest childhood in the mountains of Nkandla, in KwaZulu-Natal. Because of local conflicts, he moved to to Lebotlwane in the North West province, then later  to the rural township Hebron near Pretoria. His soccer career convinced his mother to allow him to stay in Egoli, also known as "city of gold" from 2001 until today. He completed High School in Moletsane High School, Soweto. He has three sisters and numerous nieces and nephews. Birthed by Dikeledi Rosina Tlhabadira who is based in Johannesburg, and the late Walter Khohlwangfile Gcaba who passed away when Sibusiso was only 4 years old.

Career
Sibusiso worked in the corporate world for more than 7 years until he enrolled for a photography course at the Market Photo Workshop in 2016 when he was already 27 years old. He had never used a camera before. Then he was later recruited for a national certificate in Advertising at Umuzi in 2017 specialising in multimedia. He also completed a Photography Narrative Building course at Through The Lens in 2019, and through mentorship he developed his first professional body of work. His passion for film steered him to enrolling for an introduction to filmmaking course at Sky Rink Studios in 2020.

Sibusiso has exhibited in group exhibitions locally and internationally and was a finalist at the LagosPhoto x National Geographic Portfolio Review Award in 2018. He has notably showcased work at Agog Gallery for the Street Culture group exhibition 2017, and taken part in group exhibitions about on Joburg and Portraiture at Through The Lens Gallery in 2018 and 2019. Sibusiso Gcaba and Alastair Mclahlan showcased on the Photolens Encounters on Street Photography at ROOM Gallery in 2018. His first international exhibition was The Yaounde Photo Festival in Cameroon in 2019, and that was his first trip outside South Africa. He was the only photographer participating at the 2019 Summer Salon Group Exhibition at Bag Factory, Johannesburg. In 2020 he was part of the Turbine Art fair "Stilled Life" exhibition and had his first solo exhibition online on Latitudes.

Sibusiso has been featured in numerous local and international publications including Afrique in Visu, and Latitudes.online named him as one on the Independent Photographers From Africa Making Waves in 2020.

He is currently working full time as professional catalogue photographer for artists, art galleries and art collectors through David Lewis-Browne since September 2020.

Exhibitions

 * 2020 K'se Goli La (This is Joburg), Solo Exhibition on Latitudes.online, https://latitudes.online/shows/sibusiso-gcaba-k-se-goli-la-this-is-joburg
 * 2020 Stilled Life, Group Exhibition at Turbine Art Fair, https://turbineartfair.co.za/viewing-rooms/stilled-life
 * 2019 Summer Salon, Group Exhibition at Bag Factory, https://www.bagfactoryart.org.za/summer-salon-2019/
 * 2019 3rd YaPhoto Festival, at Contemporary Art Gallery, Yaounde, Cameroon https://eyonart.org/yaphoto-festival-2019/
 * 2019 Portrait Show, Group exhibition at Through The Lens, https://www.throughthelenscollective.com/
 * 2018 Joburg, Group Exhibition at Through The Lens, https://www.throughthelenscollective.com/
 * 2018 Photo Lens Encounters, Street Photography at ROOM Gallery, http://www.roomgallery.co.za/
 * 2017 Street Culture Group Exhibition at http://www.agoggallery.com/ http://www.agoggallery.com/