From March 29 to April 7, 2018, Jack Bell Gallery, London will present Citizens of Porto-Novo, a new body of work by Bienese photographer, Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. Here, the artist captures Benin’s capital, as well as interprets the experience of a generation caught between tradition and progress. Leonce is one of the pre-eminent photographers of the Republic […]
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Emerging photographer Khadija Saye and her mother Mary Mendy were on the 20th floor apartment when the fire struck, and were among the victims of the recent Grenfell Tower tragedy in London. Born in London, 24-year-old Saye lived and worked in the apartment she shared with her Gambian mother. Saye was home schooled until age […]
On October 17, 2015, leading contemporary photographer Iké Udé will deliver a lecture at the Ford Foundation titled the Performative Essence of Fashion and the Fashioned-Self. Here, he will attempt to address questions such as how do the markers of fashion, both signifier and signified, denote the core essence of cultural identity and remain the most […]
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