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  "path": "/2026/03/06/south-african-photographer-zanele-muholi-wins-2026-hasselblad-award-and-218000/",
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  "textContent": "\n\nThe Hasselblad Foundation has named South African photographer Zanele Muholi the 2026 Hasselblad Award laureate, the world's largest photography award. Muholi has won SEK 2,000,000 (over $217,000 at current exchange rates), a gold medal, a Hasselblad camera, and a lengthy solo exhibition at the Hasselblad Center at the Gothenburg Museum of Art in Sweden.\n\n[Read More]",
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