# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-seopedi-motau
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:44:12.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-seopedi-motau"
name: "Ruth Seopedi Motau"
slug: "ruth-seopedi-motau"
description: "Ruth Seopedi Motau is a South African photographer currently living and working in Johannesburg, South Africa. Motau was the first black female photographer who was employed by a South African newspaper as photo editor. Her photography focuses on social documentary influenced by photojournalism and the marginalisation of black people and communities."
tagline: "South African photographer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruth_Seopedi_Motau.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1968-03-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           33.16
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.400648
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Seopedi_Motau"
    title: "Ruth Seopedi Motau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "روث سيوپيدى موتاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Seopedi_Motau"
    title: "Ruth Seopedi Motau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Seopedi_Motau"
    title: "Ruth Seopedi Motau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Seopedi_Motau"
    title: "Ruth Seopedi Motau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Seopedi_Motau"
    title: "Ruth Seopedi Motau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Seopedi_Motau"
    title: "Ruth Seopedi Motau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Seopedi_Motau"
    title: "Ruth Seopedi Motau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74160126"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump