AJAMU X

These images are printed on Tosa Washi Japanese-made paper, a precise and delicate choice that reflects the sensual material, form and aesthetics of analogue photography. The tangible aspects of those normally hidden processes which transpire in the wet-based darkroom are amplified in a fine art photographic practice that contrasts with our networked digital culture.

The work of black and LGBTQ+ photographers' is often appraised largely on the basis of its subject matter and sociopolitical context. Questions of representation are privileged above those of production, even though the two are inextricably linked. The particularities of the image-making process are frequently overlooked. This body of work addresses this shortcoming by placing marks, gestures and 'mistakes' at the centre of the work; foregrounding the sensual/material aspects of the physical creation of images whose subject-matter is similarly focused on sensuality.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication featuring a text by maddison moore, an artist-scholar, DJ and Assistant Professor of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University, Providence USA.