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Lizane Louw

  • Multimedia Journalist and Feature Writer, Freelance
Germany, India, South Africa
Covers:  Environment and Sustainability, Travel, Culture and Heritage and Sustainable and Ethical Design.

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Lizane Louw’s Biography

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Lizane Louw is a Berlin-based multimedia journalist, photographer, and visual researcher whose work blends field reporting, documentary photography, and design-driven inquiry.

Her projects examine how people, places, and material traditions respond to environmental change, with a particular focus on heritage textile communities in India and cultural landscapes across Africa, Europe, and Asia. Through long-form reportage and visual essays, she documents the environmental, social, ecological, and…

Lizane Louw’s Journalist Portfolio

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Dabu Block Printing: Crafting With Mud and Water

Dabu Block Printing: Crafting With Mud and Water

Explore the art of Dabu block printing-a centuries-old resist print craft using mud, natural dyes, and hand-c…

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Discovering Bagru: The Timeless Art Of Indian Block Printing

Discovering Bagru: The Timeless Art Of Indian Block Printing

Discover the timeless art of Bagru block printing in Rajasthan. Learn about the rich history and cultural sig…

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From Tealeaf to Teacup | A teacup full of stories | Travel Feature

From Tealeaf to Teacup | A teacup full of stories | Travel Feature

By Lizane Louw. Tea stories. My tealeaf adventures took me to The Finger Tea Story House in Taiwan. In High M…

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Bubble Tea and The Fat Straw I Sustainability Feature

Bubble Tea and The Fat Straw I Sustainability Feature

By Lizane Louw. No tea story will be complete without writing about bubble tea and the fat straw. This tea st…

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Framing Time: Kolmanskop Through My Lens - A Photographic Travelogue. By Lizane Louw

Framing Time: Kolmanskop Through My Lens - A Photographic Travelogue. By Lizane Louw

By Lizane Louw. Discover Kolmanskop's captivating history, colonial legacy, and surreal beauty through a trav…

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A Photographer's Journey: From Nomad to Artpreneur

A Photographer's Journey: From Nomad to Artpreneur

A photographer's journey from nomad to artpreneur. Read more about photographer Lizane Louw's journey from a …

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Dabu Block Printing: Crafting With Mud and Water

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Bagru, India – On the edge of the Thar desert in Rajasthan, where time moves slowly and to a rhythm of tradition, lies the town of Bagru. This isn’t just any Rajasthani village; it’s a living craft museum and a sprawling textile bazaar where the ancient craft of Dabu block printing has thrived in the Chhippa community for centuries. In the narrow, dusty streets lined with shops, workshops, and block print studios, artisans transform meters of fabric into works of printed art.
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Discovering Bagru: The Timeless Art Of Indian Block Printing

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By Lizane Louw
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In the dusty streets of a village in Rajasthan, the narrow alleyways whisper stories of tradition and artistry. Rainbow-coloured block-printed textiles hang from balconies and rooftops, swaying in the breeze. This is Bagru, a village where the art of block printing has been thriving for centuries, and around every corner, you find scenes reminiscent of a living cultural museum.
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Framing Time: Kolmanskop Through My Lens – A Photographic Travelogue. By Lizane Louw

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The sun hangs low in the Namibian sky, casting long shadows over the sun-burned dunes and remnants of a once-thriving German diamond mining town in the Namib, Kolmanskop. The orange-red sand ebbs and flows and reclaims the space. The ever-shifting mass of pale ochre is swallowing the memory of a bygone era. As the sun set over the dunes, the light cast its last russet and tawny lines on the horizon.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I entered the world of journalism as a photojournalist at Media 24, Die Burger in Cape Town, South Africa.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

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