Thalente Khomo was born on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a commercial, fine art and fashion photographer creating imaginative works. Drawing on personal and cultural histories, her images give visual form to a world that is at once physical and spiritual, modern and ancient. Thalente studied photography at the Durban University of Technology where she obtained her BTech in 2020. Her style of lighting emphasises the human structure, she uses natural light in her work.