Gisele Wulfsohn studied Graphic Fine Art at the Johannesburg College of Art. Since the late l980s Gisele documented various HIV/AIDS awareness initiatives and in 1994 she was commissioned by the Independent Electoral Commission to document the first democratic elections in South Africa. Her photographs were published internationally in publications such as Der Spiegel, Marie Claire, Los Angeles Times, Economist and New Internationalist, as well as in numerous local specialist and general publications. Until her death in 2011, Gisele lived in Johannesburg, South Africa.