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Aug 29, 14 •
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Love love love these photo manipulative images from self taught South African photographer Rey Mangouta. Most of his images are self portraits. Hard to believe that he has been doing this for less than 4 years after receiving his first camera in 2011. On a...
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Aug 27, 14 •
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The 10 year anniversary of the Afropunk Festival was held at Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn this past weekend. Hoards of revelers turned up bringing their fashion A game. From unique fashions ensembles to snazzy hairstyles- all styles were represented. Punk...
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Jul 28, 14 •
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A recent exhibition ‘The Only Way Is Up’ at the Hasted Kraeutler Gallery in New York features the work of Somali-born visual artist Awol Erizku. One of the pieces currently on display is his 2013 work ‘Heads’. ‘Heads’ is...
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Jun 23, 14 •
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In most cultures the idea of ‘intercultural’ relationships are still taboo. French photographer Aurore Vinot’s Makeda Mixed Couples is a photographic project that chronicles the lives of ‘intercultural’ couples living in...
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Jun 23, 14 •
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Finnish photographer Antti Vittala‘s inspiration for ‘Masai Portraits’ came from old techniques practiced by photographers from the past. The implementation of the sepia tone and grainy texture are reminiscence to historical images from the...
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Jun 1, 14 •
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The photos in Ofoe Amegavie’s recent ‘Portraits of Accra City, My City’ series have a vintage aesthetic, which is something quite familiar in most of his previous work. The black and white images of local medicine women in Accra,...
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May 20, 14 •
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Monrovia Animated is visual artist François Beaurain’s light hearted animated look at scenes from around the Liberian capital of Monrovia. Before the French photographer decided to accompany his humanitarian girlfriend to Liberian, he decided to...
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May 12, 14 •
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A few years back, South Africa gained a reputation for being the largest recipient of Asylum applicants in the world. The country received almost a million asylum applicants in 2012 alone. South African-based documentary photographer Conrad Bornman, captured...
