Nivea, For Your Shade Of Beautiful Campaign.
Photography and Creative director: Philly Mohlala
Fashion Stylist: Obakeng Rantlhane and Sechaba Lentsoane
Make Up artist: Renee De Wit, Athenkosi Ngoro and Loyiso Mange
Hairstylist: Lajawi Salon
Photography assistant: Sibusiso Tshabalala
Agency: DNA Brand Architects
Bathu Influencer Content
Photography and Creative director: Philly Mohlala
Fashion Stylist: Boogy Maboi, Obakeng Rantlhane and Sechaba Lentsoane
Make Up artist: Athenkosi Ngoro
Hairstylist: Lajawi Salon
Photography assistant: Sibusiso Tshabalala
Agency: DNA Brand Architects
Steers Mjojo Summer Content
Photography and Creative director: Philly Mohlala
Fashion director and Stylist: Macc Gee
Make Up artist: Tebogo Thulare
Agency: DNA Brand Architects
New Bathu Switch
Photography and Creative director: Philly Mohlala
Fashion director and Stylist: Lethabo Boogy Maboi
Make Up artist: Tebogo Thulare
Hairstylist: Lajawi Salon
Photography assistant: Sibusiso Tshabalala
Stylist assistants: Jackson States and Khanyi
Models: Ishmael Skosana, Mikhali Leo and Chole Leonette
Agency: DNA Brand Architects
Hard seltzer; is sparkling water blended with alcohol and fruit flavouring. Flying Fish Seltzer hits the sweet spot with two flavours Lemon & Lime and Raspberry, low sugar, low calories and all of this while delivering real flavour and real refreshment. The days of having to make compromises are far gone. What are you waiting for?
Lee Rickie Collection is a men’s luxury brand based in California, USA. This is their Fall/Winter 21/22 collection, shot in Cape Town, South Africa.
The Throne Magazine Nov/Dec cover star: multi-faceted, cultural icon Khanyi Mbau.
Photography: Philly Mohlala
Retouching: Banele Mazibuko
MUA: Bokamoso Dikobe
Hair: Ney
Cover design: Khotso Moloi
Bathu Summer 2020. Expression Is Limitless.
The Plug Magazine July 2018 cover with A-Reece
MOONCHILD SANELLY – A DREAM CHASER
SANBS Gaz’Lam Magazine 2019. Cover Star, Nelisiwe Sibiya
Brutal Fruit presents – #BrutallyYou – a digital series that is made up of 5 episodes featuring 5 women who are challenging the status quo by being brutally themselves. Each episode introduces a new conversation and a woman who is brutally herself in her journey of becoming. These conversations will capture, intrigue and inspire women of all walks of life while five ladies will spearhead what it truly means to be brutally content. In essence, Brutal Fruit aims to communicate confidence within women and highlight the importance of being BRUTALLY YOU.
Held sacred by the Vhatatsindi, the People of the Pool, beautiful Lake Fundudzi’s fresh waters are not often visited, for myth holds that it is protected by a white crocodile and a great white python lives here.
In the highly competitive local hip hop market rappers come and go. Oct/Nov cover stars have played the long game and are now reaping the rewards.
Stereotypes and clichés are an integral part of our perception that shapes the image of ourselves and that of “others”. It’s impossible to imagine pop culture without representations and classifications, lets take Barbie as an example.
Barbie isn’t just a doll. Her life has always been aspirational. Her glamorous beach houses, horses, convertibles and clothing subliminally teach little girls from a very young age that consumerism is what we should aspire to. Barbie has been a MacDonald’s employee and the President of the United States. In fact Barbie has taught little girls everywhere that you can be whatever you want to be as long as you have anatomically impossible body proportions and lets not forget, if you are, an
ultra-feminine white woman.
“Ethnic” Barbie’s are made from the same mold as “real” Barbie’s (with different paint on their faces). This reifies a white standard of beauty as the ultimate standard of beauty. Black women are beautiful only insofar as they look like white women. It is from this perspective that I decided to create a series of photographs of what I think “black’ Barbie should look like.
And as I was shooting the imagery for this book with the best of intentions to unmask the white Barbie myth, I found that I have become the stereotypical fashion photographer. Barbie is after all a doll and I, as a fashion fanatic and the ultimate consumerist fille de joie, discovered that I like to play with dolls. I like to dress them up, comb their hair and make them look perfect. Only I am a black South African male and this is what my Barbie looks like. Apologies to all feminists.
Careers Magazine July 2020.
Writer: Pearl Bashomane Tsotesti
Photographer: Philly Mohlala
Art Direction: Lawrence Manyapelo
Makeup: BK Dikobe
Fashion Styling: Lesego Kgosimolao
The campaign aimed to recognise and create awareness of South African creatives who are at the forefront of pop culture curation in the fields of dance, fashion, art, food design as well as music.
The return of the queens to the palace
Published by: Ellements Magazine.
Published by: Pansy Magazine
Vodacom NXT LVL Tv show contestants PR shoot.
Published by Huff Magazine.
Going against what gender says we should be
Published by: Weirdson