Many of my articles surrounding the ever-growing world of analogue photography start the same. A simple introduction that states the name, age and base from which said artist works. A customary introduction of sorts to give you, the reader, the bare minimum set of particulars to at least have a name mulling around your mind…
Ghanaian photographer, Kojo Anim first became fixated with the artform of photography when he came across his brother’s camera at the age of 10 years old. Now 23 years old, Kojo says that his aim as an artist is to reveal to the world the “soft and unseen emotions” of Africans. Speaking to writer Precious…
“The tragic passing of George Floyd at the hands of American police was a moment that brought international attention and served as a pinnacle of the Black Lives Matter movement.” Zahra Doola, Justice for George Floyd | Black Lives still matter George Floyd’s passing in 2020 (re)sparked the Black Lives Matter movement in America when…
On Friday, 13 May 2022, Bubblegum Club presented the Project 16.1 C launch event in celebration of the ‘Everyday Resistance’ collaboration between Thebe Magugu and Wanda Lephoto. See images below and tag #EverydayResistance Event presented by Bubblegum Club Photography: Paul Shiakallis Location: House Rech by Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens Production: U4RIA Experiential Agency Powered by Jägermister…
During the early 1970s, a twenty one year old Annie Leibovitz attended a night class on photography at the San Francisco Art Institute not knowing that three years later she would become the chief photographer at what is now considered one of the most world renowned music publications: Rolling Stone. Leibovitz went on to photograph…
Within an incredibly short space of time, my next interviewee has forged an impressive professional career within the photographic space, amassing an extremely impressive portfolio of work under her belt. Assante Chiweshe, known to many by her creative moniker Kahlo Greed, is an emerging Johannesburg-based photographer, identifiable through her signature film portraiture. Taking a closer…
Cape Town based multidisciplinary artist Delmaine Donson may need no introduction to many of you. Her digital illustrative work, which focuses on celebrating the beauty of femmes of colour, has amassed her a large online presence and led her to work with a multitude of big clients and the illustrations for a children’s book. Today,…
It was only last week when Mishaal Gangaram was announced as a part of The Design Indaba Emerging Creative Class of 2022. Gangaram is an emerging Johannesburg based conceptual photographer, storyteller and self-portraitist — who also happens to be one of my current local favourite photographers. If you’re plugged into local pop culture, it’s likely…
James Barnor – also known as the first Ghanaian photographer to capture images in colour – is one of the most prolific artists and visual documenters of the past century. His work over the years has captured Ghanaian people in Accra and London in all their awe, wonderment and style. US history is often looked…
With a history that traces back to 1800s colonial Ghana, the Winneba Fancy Dress festival – also known as Kaakaamotobi or Winneba’s Christmas – is a vibrant and sharp display of cross-cultural integration and post-colonial reinvention. I first learnt of the masquerade after getting lost on the internet and finding myself on the website/digital portfolio…
“When a woman is born, she’s a daughter that opens the door of heaven for her father. When the daughter gets married she fulfils half of the religion of her husband. When the wife gives birth, paradise for her children lies at her feet” writes the Cape Town-based creative duo of Faatimah Allie and Ya’eesh…
I must have been on Pinterest or Instagram, vacuously perusing a blur of images – when my mindless scrolling was abruptly interrupted with an image that stuck with me for months. An image of a fresh faced boy in a black netted singlet, gold chains and velvet black drawstring trousers, gently slouched to one side…
