THE OCEAN AFRICAN
Posts tagged with Photography
-
Tico Armand & Stevenson Jean | Modern Day Adam & Eve
Creative muses Tico Armand and Stevenson Jean collaborated with Miami-based Puerto Rican photographer Joey Rosado to create a breathtaking series of images symbolising the beauty of love from the genesis of humanity. Photographed in Miami and with Armand carrying the mantle of creative director, the muses captured the intense feeling…
-
Idara Ekpoh | Golden
Nigerian-American portrait photographer and creative entrepreneur Idara Ekpoh’s primary mission is to help create a space for marginalised groups, specifically women of colour, to share their stories and increase their visibility in society. Capturing stark portraits which act as stimulating visual accompaniments to her storytelling, Ekpoh brings to the fore,…
-
Mabru Rodrigues | Renaissance
The vibrant culture in Rio de Janeiro is a melting pot of creativity, sun and samba. The people of Brazil delight in self expression which has seen them adored by people the world over. But like everything that gleams, there is always a dark underbelly. Few artists capture the growing…
-
Neo Gilder | Rwandan Futures
Rwanda has made astounding leaps into the future. After the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi and Twa that killed over a million people; arguably the most brutal atrocity in modern-day Africa by Africans, Rwanda has made incredible strides developing as a nation. A national ban on plastic since 2008;…
-
Charlotte Chambers | Ethiopia: A Land of Natural Contrast
Nestled in the Horn of Africa, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is world renowned as one of Africa’s true gems. With thick forests, cascading rivers and large mountain ranges creating habitats for a vast range of unique flora and fauna indigenous to these lands. It is certainly no surprise…
-
Munyaradzi Chidakwa | Heavenly Havana
Summer may be over but that doesn’t mean one cannot search for a pocket of sun across the globe. That is exactly what Zimbabwean photographer Munyaradzi Chidakwa had in mind, escaping the European winter chill in favour of the tropical old world aesthetic of the Cuban capital, La Habana.
With…
-
Zarita Zevallos | Imperium
The bold and dynamic series Imperium by Zarita Zevallos celebrates black skin in a raw and organic setting. Using a clean white backdrop, the subject stretches and flexes as glimmering glass shards and golden sands are splayed across, creating a richly woven, near Adamic celebration of the origin of man.…
-
My summer 2018 was: vibrant, revolutionary and anything but the norm!
by Damilola Ayo-Vaughan
Notting Hill Carnival, 2018, Tino Chiwariro The days are getting shorter, the nights chillier — summer has finally come to an end. Whether you got a summer job, travelled to new places, partied on the streets of Notting Hill during carnival, or felt under the weather, summer…
-
Manic & Magnetic: Shingai Owns The Albany
words and images by Damilola Ayo-Vaughan
Standing in the middle of the Albany, a packed; newly refurbished south London venue, gripping my camera, I am filled with the excitement and the familiar dread that comes with the anticipation of watching star perform for the first time. Shingai Shoniwa towers above,…
-
Inviting, Welcoming & Warm: BBZ & SYFU’s Alternative Graduate Show
By Damilola Ayo-Vaughan
Being a student of colour in an overseas art institution can be a very isolating experience. It can be draining to cover a syllabus largely non-reflective of your history and be tutored by teachers of dissimilar educational orientation. To this extent, attending an arts event featuring works…
-
Mary Obando | Women’s Geometry
Capturing the enigmatic and mysterious, Colombian photographer Mary Obando’s visual exploits invite us into her fantasy world of realism and Dali-esque metaphors. Stemming from a world of quirky visions, Obando aims to seduce, amuse and entertain audiences with her surreal images as previously executed in photographic projects such as Rituals…
-
Zarita Zevallos | Kòktèl
Haitian photographer and architect Zarita Zevallos unleashes a powerful photographic series celebrating identity and modern masculinity. Having been taught the intricacies of photography by her father, the New York based Haitian architect and photographer has grown a name for herself, tackling tough social issues such as modern gender roles, alienation,…
-
Shawn Theodore | ‘Church of Broken Pieces’ Exhibition Précis
By Niama Safia Sandy
Shawn Theodore’s Church of Broken Pieces is a photographic exploration of the psychic, physical and technological translocation of black America. Theodore’s photographs document the success of the movements toward plural black identities, and free, safe black digital spaces and futures - even as displacement/gentrification, socio-economic disparity…