Bio

Farren van Wyk (1993) is a South African and Dutch photographer and educator. She holds a BA Degree in Photography and an MA Degree in Cultural and Visual Anthropology. She has a truly dual perspective on both her home countries, which is visible in her work. Her photographs show how she tries to come to terms with two sides of facing colonialism, the slave trade and apartheid. Van Wyk is a member of the African Photojournalist Association with World Press Photo, Women Photograph and Black Women Photographers. Van Wyk has received numerous grants, including the PhMuseum Women Photographers Grant, Women Photograph and the Dutch Fonds Anna Cornelis for documentary photography. Her work has been featured by the internationally based i-D, Klynji in Johnnesburg, The Washington Post, Photo Vogue, Der Greif and The Times UK.