Weems uses fine art photography and self portraiture to interrogate Black identity, race, and representation with a conceptual rigor that closely mirrors Muholi's Somnyama series. Both artists employ the photographed Black body as a site of social commentary and cultural reclamation.

Simpson's conceptual photography centers on Black female identity, visibility, and the politics of representation in ways that directly parallel Muholi's confrontational portraiture. Her work similarly challenges dominant narratives around race and gender through carefully constructed photographic imagery.

Fani-Kayode created deeply symbolic fine art photography that explored Black African identity, cultural heritage, and self representation in a conceptual framework very close to Muholi's practice. Both artists use the portrait format to assert bold statements about identity within contexts of marginalization and diaspora.