DeLovie Kwagala (they/them) is a non-binary queer photographer and social activist from Kampala, Uganda. They are self-taught and currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

DeLovie’s work explores narratives around identity, belonging, social Injustices, and gender-sexuality, inspired by their experience and those of others. They have worked with Facebook, UNICEF, TIME Magazine, The Guardian, Washington post, and many NGOs in Uganda and internationally.

They have participated in panels including Black WomenPhotograph Annual Summit, Save Haven, Women Voices Through the Lens and African Youth in The News by the World Press Photo and the Market Photo Workshop in 2020, African Photography Conversations on Portraiture hosted by the CAP Prize, among others. They have contributed to the online safety training for Journalists’ sessions co-ordinated by the Knight Centre for Journalism at the University of Texas, Austin, IWMF, and UNESCO. 

DeLovie aspires for their images to evoke a sense of learning and unlearning what we thought we knew beyond ‘the obvious visual’. They are always looking to provoke questioning and defiance of the stereotypical narratives that are embedded in our minds, especially about beauty and gender identity antithetical to patriarchal beliefs.