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photography
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PAWA 254
Read more: PAWA 254Kenyan-based photographer Boniface Mwangi has captured his country’s political and civic turmoil since the controversial presidential election in 2007. The violence and disorder he witnesses daily motivated him to take action, setting up a creative hub for activism called PAWA…
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WOMEN ARE HEROES /
Read more: WOMEN ARE HEROES /The Women Are Heroes project has various steps in Africa, in Kenya, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Sudan. In January 2009, 2000 square meters of rooftops are covered with photos of the eyes and faces of the women of Kibera, in…
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Fully Automated Nikon (Object/Objection/Objectivity)
Read more: Fully Automated Nikon (Object/Objection/Objectivity)“I decided to shoot pictures of men who made comments to me on the street. I had always hated this invasion of my privacy and now I had the means of my revenge. As I walked along Houston Street with…
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The art of activism: Thapelo Motsumi & the Umuzi Photo Club
Read more: The art of activism: Thapelo Motsumi & the Umuzi Photo ClubPhotographer Thapelo Motsumi is one of many young South Africans who has worked with the Umuzi Photo Club to develop his artistic skills and engage his community. Now this “drop out” has had two exhibitions in London and has been…
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We Animals
Read more: We AnimalsWe Animals is an ambitious project which documents, through photography, animals in the human environment. Humans are as much animal as the sentient beings we use for food, clothing, research, experimentation, work, entertainment, slavery and companionship. With this as its…