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Contemporary African Art through a Different Lens
1:54 is one of the largest celebrations of contemporary African art in the world today. Held now in three cities: New York, Marrakech with the largest in London, at the capital’s Somerset house.
Behind the lens | A meeting with Neco Bonventura in Rio de Janeiro
Neco Bonventura is a popular photographer in Rio de Janeiro. Oddly enough, he started out as an actor, on the other side of the lens… but chose to follow a different path, finding a creative job in the services industry that he enjoys and which has enabled him to put an end to his financial struggles.
Black Queer Voices
Brave Beauties shot from 2014 onwards consist of a series of portraits of Trans women, gender non-conforming and non-binary. Many of the women photographed are also beauty pageant contestants. They enter these pageants in order to change the mind set of those present. Those who are often happy to persecute trans-women. So, these images challenge transphobic stereotypes and stigmas.
Our Worlds Through the Lens of Alessandro Punzo
Alessandro Punzo started his working life at sea as a trainee officer onboard a mammoth petrol tanker bearing the Italian flag. He describes this experience as having opened his eyes to the dreadful inequalities of capitalism and its detrimental effect on the environment as well as showing him:
When the world changes…
I was fortunate enough to have spent the lockdown in a beautiful Caribbean island, relatively spared by the pandemic. In the Lesser Antilles we had a lockdown but it wasn’t as strict […]
Tile Giant
By Simon Urwin “Working with ceramics every day is like a form of worship for me, it helps me feel closer to Allah,” Omid announces proudly. This is not the kind […]
São Paulo Graffitis
Valdir Pinheiro | VaPi São Paulo Graffitis | VaPi 🇧🇷 São Paulo não é só o coração econômico do Brasil. É também a meca da cultura brasileira. São Paulo é uma cidade […]
Where are you going?
This exhibition is a startlingly beautiful portrait of Maharaj’s own physical and spiritual journey through six different countries including Poland, India, England, France, Italy and Finland.