The Beauty of a Man is His Cows

The Beauty Of a Man Is His Cows
(South African Proverb)

What all women on this planet share, is the experience of living in and moving around as female bodies. What’s it like, this experience?
The female body can be categorized as a specific kind of public good, permanently under observation, fueling expectations, triggering reactions. Always carefully designed, arranged, sculptured – the body as a constant work in progress and an everlasting canvas.

The Beauty of a Man is His Cows is a performative photographic and film work by Ncumisa Mcitwa and Uta Beyer, exploring aspects of female embodiment. The short film “The Beauty Of a Woman Is Her Hair” is a visual comment on wig culture amongst African women: