This was my first ever #YouTubeShorts for an exhibition I saw at Photofusion in 2021 by Mitchell Moreno.
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Exhibition Shorts #1 – Body Copy at PhotoFusion
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3 New Winter Updates
Hello Happy People!
I am back to my weekly blogging schedule!
If you are new here, every month with 30 Days (you know, April, June, September and November), I share a daily photo, project or interview on my blog. This tends to be new or old work that I haven’t shared before (to my very unreliable knowledge, at least). Last month’s edition was one I enjoyed doing even though I was a bit scared to share those images.
And with that said, here are my 3 updates of things that happened whilst I was doing the #30DayPhotoProject.
Update #1 – Screenings
As may know by now, I took part in a Black women’s art festival together with 16 other amazing women. This annual festival celebrates the beauty of Black culture, identity and heritage. “Ife Nkili” is a phrase from the Igbo tribe in Nigeria that means “Beauty to Behold”. The festival was supported and funded by Arts Council England and curated by Chin We.
The festival premiered on YouTube on the 14th of October, but since then it has had successful screenings on Twitter Live, Everyman Cinema Broadgate and The Hackney Social.
If you missed any of those screenings, you can now watch it on-demand via Vimeo.
Update #2 – Newsletter
If you missed my post last week, I mentioned that I now have a newsletter. In it, I will be sharing with you any updates and events all in one place.
You are welcome to subscribe as I will be publishing each issue on the 13th of every month.
Update #3 – Print Shop Launch
I have now set a date for when I will be launching my PRINT SHOP.
This will happen in the Spring of 2022.
I am a firm believer that now I have set a date and put it out in the world, I cannot back out of my own word as I have put off launching the shop for the longest time.
One of the reasons, however, was the lack of manageable funds to be able to upgrade my website to have the option to have this shop/e-commerce. I have set up a ‘support me’ page to make this possible.
So, if you are in a position to support me in any way, please do by donating or by simply sharing the donation link. With just over 50﹪ raised, every little action helps and I will be forever grateful for the support. 🙏🏾
And there you have it. The 3 Winter Updates that I really wanted to share with you as I am now back to my weekly blogging schedule. And yes, the EK13 / 30 Day Photo Project will be back in April 2022 and it might just be another collaboration. Stay tuned!
See you next week! ✌🏾
If you have reached here, thank you for reading my blog post.
Drinking loads of tea/coffee make it happen and your support is always welcome.
3 New Autumn Updates
Hello Happy People!
I am back to my weekly blogging schedule!
If you are new here, every month with 30 Days (you know, April, June, September and November), I share a daily photo on my blog. This tends to be new or old work that I haven’t share before (to my very unreliable knowledge, at least). Last month’s edition proved to be a very tough one. I really did not enjoy working on it, but I came out of it with the following lessons:
- Never give.
- Keep creating
- Don’t overthink it.
- Experiment.
- And if all else fails, it is ok to let it go.
And with that said, here are my 3 updates of things that happened whilst I was doing the #30DayPhotoProject.
Update #1 – Exhibitions
This year alone has seen two of my photographs exhibited in Berlin and New York. I honestly did not anticipate this to happen as when I submitted the images, the last thing I was expecting is for them to be shown in a physical space outside of the U.K., where I reside.
In Berlin, I exhibited this image as part of a video installation by The Journal Collective for their ABOUT LAST YEAR – LOCKDOWN PHOTOGRAPHY at Willy-Brandt-Haus. I have to be grateful to Ana Nsue to whom I was connected to by Ben Roberts, for visiting the space and documenting my work in the space.
This exhibition ended on the 19th of September 2021.
In New York, the founder of the Black Women Photographers, Polly Irungu, curated this exhibition on ‘Self Preservation’ to be showcased at the 10th anniversary for the Photoville Festival.
A photograph that I took earlier this year was picked to be part of the first ever physical group exhibition for BWP. As I am unable to travel, I am super grateful to Michal Petros for documenting my work at the festival.
This exhibition is ending on the 1st of December 2021. So if you are in New York, please do go and see it, take photos and tag me on Twitter and Instagram.
Update #2 – Guest Editor
Earlier this year, I was asked by Shaun, founder of the The Black Gaze, if I would like to be a guest editor for their monthly newsletter. I have to admit that I almost refused to take this on as I was nervous and didn’t know what to do or expect.
And I guess this is the self-doubt creeping in and making me think I cannot do it.
Anyway, I summed up the courage and did it anyway and took this an opportunity to amplify a few photographers from Kenya whose work I admire in the ‘Discover’ section of the newsletter.
I am so grateful that Shaun and The Black Gaze gave me the space to engage with their audience.
You can read the newsletter that I edited here.
I would also highly recommend signing up the newsletter and if you are or know a Black photographer, why not reach out to them or answer their Q&A.
Update #3 – Online Festival
This month will see me and 16 other creatives showcase our work in an online festival curated and presented by Chin We.
This will be an annual Black women’s arts festival celebrating the beauty of Black culture, identity and heritage. “Ife Nkili” is a phrase from the Igbo tribe in Nigeria which means “Beauty to Behold” supported and funded by Arts Council England.
The festival will premiere LIVE on YouTube on the 14th of October 2021.
UPDATED 14/10/2021: This festival has now ended.
And there you have it. The 3 Autumn Updates that I really wanted to share with you as I am now back to my weekly blogging schedule. And yes, the EK13 / 30 Day Photo Project will be back in November and it might just be another collaboration. Stay tuned!
See you next week! ✌🏾
If you have reached here, thank you for reading my blog post.
Drinking loads of tea/coffee makes it happen and your support is always welcome.
Exhibition: Zanele Muholi
Zanele Muholi at Tate Modern
If it wasn’t for a friend reminding me of this exhibition, I would have missed seeing it completely. I am so glad that I did manage to catch it before it ended.
Most exhibitions that were ending around March/April were extended to the end of May and this is how I managed to see Zanele Muholi’s at Tate Modern. Tickets were selling pretty fast, but I was lucky to get one at a time I could go when the kids were in school and still have enough time to commute back home to pick them up.
Muholi’s exhibition was HUGE. There was so many things to see – prints, publications and videos. This exhibition was a collection of various projects they have worked on over the years as a visual activist and they still continue to document the LGBTQIA+ community in South Africa.
I spent just over 2hrs in the space with most of it watching the videos. The longest one being Sharing Stories, where eight participants of this video shared their stories about their lives and experiences living in South Africa as part of the LGBTQUIA+ community.
I did a vlog of my visit to this exhibition, but it is not the same as being there. The video and photographs shared here is just a glimpse of what was showcased and it is one of those exhibitions that is a must see in person.
CW: The exhibition contained themes of sexual discrimination, hate crimes and racism. Sexual images were also present, but I tried as much as possible not to include them in my video and photographs due to their sensitive nature.
The exhibition was on from 5 November 2020 – 31 May 2021.
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Drinking loads of tea/coffee makes it happen and your support is always welcome.
Exhibition: Sunil Gupta -From Here to Eternity
The Sunil Gupta Retrospective at The Photographers’ Gallery.
CW: Nudity
The galleries in England are now open and I really missed being in those space. Just wondering around looking at artwork and engaging my creative senses with other people’s ideas is something that I enjoy doing.
I was glad that I got a chance to see Sunil Gupta’s Retrospective From Here to Eternity at The Photographers’ Gallery before it ended. I vlogged my experience and even took a few photos of the exhibition.
I also got to see Evgenia Arbugaeva: Hyperborea – Stories from the Russian Arctic exhibition on the same day.
If you are reading this before the 31st of May and are in London, please go and see both exhibitions. I highly recommend it.
Tickets are £5 for adults / £2.50 concessions. Members & under 18s go free.
The exhibition has now ended.
If you have reached here, thank you for reading my blog post.
Drinking loads of tea/coffee makes it happen and your support is always welcome.
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