African Photo Magazine Issue #6

Fela Gucci
Kristin-Lee Moolman (South africa)
Kristin-Lee Moolman’s photography
is capturing the idea of a ‘new Africa’.
Having grown up in a “backwards
Afrikaans town” before the end of
apartheid, her work explores issues
like sexuality and segregation without
being overtly political. Her world is a
stark departure from traditionality and
conservative attitudes in the region.
Putting her friends and local creatives in
front of the lens, Moolman deconstructs
restrictive definitions of masculinity and
femininity. What’s more, she places
her gender-nonconforming subjects in
mundane suburban landscapes, using
a sun-bleached pastel aesthetic to
tweak the everyday into the realms of
the surreal. In short, Moolman is pushing
to make the alternative the norm – and
that in itself contests uniformity.
Produced with permission: Red Hook labs, New
York.
Yellow T-Shirt
Owise Abuzaid (Egypt)
Owise Abuzaid is an applied arts
graduate working in Cairo, having
finished his studies in 2014 yet the
following year the young photographer
and filmmaker’s Yellow Shirt series
won two prizes at the Youth Salon, the
Egyptian Ministry of Culture’s annual
national arts competition. The body of
work was also exhibited at LagosPhoto
2015 and in 2016 he was selected for
the New York Times Portfolio Review.
Having lived through the “Arab spring
revolution” in Cairo, Qwise was tempted
to become a photojournalist but when
his Canon EOS 550D got broken in a
clash on the streets, he decided to
stick to using an iPhone and turned his
attentions to more abstract views and
perspectives. The Yellow Shirt series is
a documentary project whereby Owise
shot events that were happening to
him using a yellow shirt to represent his
presence.
Produced with permission: Red Hook labs, New
York.
Let It Be
Lakin Ogunbanwo (NIgeria)
Working at the confluence of fashion
photography and classical portraiture,
young Nigerian photographer Lakin
Ogunbanwo creates enigmatic portraits
with an erotic and subversive undertone.
His subjects exist defiantly in the frame
often masked by shadow, drapery and
foliage. His use of vibrant flat colour and
bold compositions form a more minimalist
homage to the african studio photography
popular in the 1960s and 1970’s.
Produced with permission: Red Hook labs, New York.
Highness-Hybrid
Delphine Diaw Diallo (senegal)
Senegalese photographer Delphine Diaw
Diallo has quickly developed a style
that juxtaposes reality with imaginary
consciousness, fashion with documentary,
and tradition with modernity. As
a commercial shooter Delphine’s
photographic range is amplified by her
distinct and creative eye. Delphine mixes
mediums of expression in a powerful
way to describe the world she is trying
to capture. Delphine juxtaposes reality
with imaginary conscience; fashion with
documentary photographs; tradition with
modernity to produce photography that
emits a kinectic energy
Produced with permission: Red Hook labs, New York.
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