Creative Brief: Safar Journal

Reading Time: 3 minutes This article is printed in the latest issue of British Journal of Photography magazine, Activism & Protest, delivered direct to you with an 1854 Subscription. Safar Journal highlights arts and culture stories from across the Middle East and North Africa region....

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Joy as an act of resistance: Nadine Ijewere, Prarthna Singh, Dorian Ulises López Macías and Kwabena Sekyi Appiah-Nti

Reading Time: 6 minutes The photographers discuss the close relationship between an energetic and free practice with political agency and belonging  We are only just beginning to grapple with the camera’s fraught history as an oppressive weapon and how a legacy of misrepresentation has impacted human rights, politics, identity formation...

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Introducing 1854’s Fast Track Vol. 2 winners: Kelly-Ann Bobb, Tayla Nebesky, and Hiro Tanaka

Reading Time: 3 minutes 1854’s FastTrack programme promotes unsigned talent in the commercial sphere. Here, three winners discuss their practices, reflecting on autonomy, intimacy, and playfulness Calling the twin island state of Trinidad and Tobago home, Kelly-Ann Bobb originally studied medicine, completing medical...

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Rene Matić: “This book is where I’ve come from”

Reading Time: 5 minutes This article is printed in the latest issue of British Journal of Photography magazine, Activism & Protest, delivered direct to you with an 1854 Subscription. Far removed from the patriotic flag-waving that lays claim to the country, Rene Matić’s love letter to...

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Boycott Zabludowicz on the power of collective action

Reading Time: 4 minutes Bringing together artists and activists, the BDZ campaign aims to evolve into a wider movement to achieve equality and dignity for all Palestinian people The potential of collective action within the visual arts to unify individual struggles makes our voices harder to ignore. The impact of meaningful change is evidenced...

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Zanele Muholi: Art and activism

Reading Time: 16 minutes We revisit an interview with the visual activist ahead of their first major survey in Germany opening at Gropius Bau Everything about Zanele Muholi’s art is political. The aesthetic – the colours, the composition, the light – is political. The individuals depicted, elevated by and enveloped in those aesthetics,...

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In the Gallery with: Emilie Démon

Reading Time: 3 minutes Established in Johannesburg in 2005, Afronova became one of the first galleries to show Malian master photographer Malick Sidibé in 2007 and Mozambican photojournalist Ricardo Rangel in 2008 After nearly half a century of virulent white supremacy, apartheid finally came to an end. On 27 April...

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A story of devotion in a rural Pennsylvanian town

Reading Time: 5 minutes Vikesh Kapoor’s mother delivered over 3000 children throughout her career as an obstetrician-gynaecologist in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. The artist’s new series, commissioned by Leica, in collaboration with 1854, reflects on that history. An unexpected installation...

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Introducing 1854’s Fast Track Vol. 2 winners: George Mcleod, Aviya Wyse, Hidhir Badaruddin

Reading Time: 3 minutes 1854’s FastTrack programme promotes unsigned talent in the commercial sphere. Here, three winners discuss their practices, reflecting on teamwork, learning from new mediums, and the possibility for new queer photography George Mcleod fell in love with photography when he was 16 while studying...

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Sidonie Hadoux: “A magical moment of sorority”

Reading Time: 2 minutes This article is printed in the latest issue of British Journal of Photography magazine, Activism & Protest, delivered direct to you with an 1854 Subscription. Featured in our latest issue’s Member’s Corner, the photographer reflects on her artistic practice ...

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