Quick questions with artist and visual activist Zanele Muholi

Essential grooming products? Hydra-Oil, Nivea deodorant, and a detox mask.

Favourite scent? Dior Fahrenheit.

The building everyone should visit before they die? The Duomo di Milano in Italy.

What tech gadget couldn’t you live without? My Canon camera because I see everything in visuals and taking photographs keeps me sane.

Coffee or tea? Tea.

Your ultimate luxury? My photography equipment.

All-time favourite place to eat out? Durban’s Jaipur Palace, for the variety of dishes.

If money was no object, what would your dream purchase be? A Hasselblad H6D-400C camera.

What are you reading at the moment? Essays from my Somnyama Ngonyama series.

All-time favourite clothing brand? Anything comfortable and traditional.

What are you listening to? Local singer and songwriter Moneoa.

The artist you’ve got your eye on? Lindani “Nsizwa” Nyandeni.

Your favourite way to spend a Sunday morning? Taking a long walk on the beach.

What luxury item would you take to a desert island? My camera.

What series have you been bingeing on recently? The Spanish show Unauthorized Living on Netflix.

What’s the little luxury you’ve missed most during the Covid-19 crisis? Seeing people and mingling.

Are you a collector of anything? Cables and kitchen knives.

What makes you happiest? Being with my partner.

Minimalism or maximalism? Maximalism.

Last travel destination you visited that knocked your socks off? Mauritius.

What inspires you? Women thinkers.

What is the first thing you add to your grocery cart and the one thing you’ll always find in your fridge? Apples.

Something that’s recently caught your attention? Durban’s landscape. It’s breathing, raw, and teaches one to appreciate nature and be humane.

Your favourite city in the world? Paris — my Somnyama Ngonyama series was fully realised there.

• From the September issue of Wanted 2020.