Nxumalo has been steadily developing a unique visual vocabulary that delicately balances his interests in social documentary photography and fine art. To this end, he astutely employs the black and white ‘film’ construct in images that courageously consider and capture the appearances and experiences of contemporary black South Africans. This results in a photographic oeuvre that oscillates between great empathetic intimacy and journalistic distance with unmissable humanity.