Sana Ginwalla
Interested in politics of identity, home and belonging, Sana Ginwalla is a Zambia-
born artist with origins in India and Myanmar. Upon completing her undergraduate
in Photography in 2017, she founded Everyday Lusaka – an online platform and
business that shares photographs of Lusaka to positively counter stereotypes of African
countries. In 2019, she completed an Honours in Curatorship at the University of
Cape Town, during which she conceptualised a digital counter-archive under Everyday
Lusaka called Zambia Belonging. In order to explore identity through photography,
the collection includes found and submitted photographs made in Zambia that would
otherwise not be recognised in state archives.
Ginwalla’s written and photographic work produced in and about Zambia has
consistently focused on shifting the lens and showcasing the overlooked and relatable
everyday moments of the past and present. The layered nature of being an individual
of the diaspora has led her to create multimedia bodies of work that explore heritage,
memory and the family archive. Memories that are usually not her own are placed in
different contexts and media using film, audio, collage, writing and design publications.
Working in this way allows her to further understand her identity and heritage and
place in the world, and is what she aims to facilitate for others too.
June 2023
born artist with origins in India and Myanmar. Upon completing her undergraduate
in Photography in 2017, she founded Everyday Lusaka – an online platform and
business that shares photographs of Lusaka to positively counter stereotypes of African
countries. In 2019, she completed an Honours in Curatorship at the University of
Cape Town, during which she conceptualised a digital counter-archive under Everyday
Lusaka called Zambia Belonging. In order to explore identity through photography,
the collection includes found and submitted photographs made in Zambia that would
otherwise not be recognised in state archives.
Ginwalla’s written and photographic work produced in and about Zambia has
consistently focused on shifting the lens and showcasing the overlooked and relatable
everyday moments of the past and present. The layered nature of being an individual
of the diaspora has led her to create multimedia bodies of work that explore heritage,
memory and the family archive. Memories that are usually not her own are placed in
different contexts and media using film, audio, collage, writing and design publications.
Working in this way allows her to further understand her identity and heritage and
place in the world, and is what she aims to facilitate for others too.
June 2023
