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Art Subject: Head
Museum Acquisition, Suri Woman, Tribe in Ethiopia, Iconic, Fashion
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Untitled 6"
In this award-winning image, a Suri woman's breasts are adorned in an ornate pattern of scars that are a privilege to permanently wear.
This image is in the permanent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
An Intense Encounter by John Kenny - Portrait, C-type Print with Acrylic Face
Located in Coltishall, GB
This Tamberma man is from a small village called Nadoba in Togo, about ten kilometres from the Benin border. The village is renowned for its facial scarification.
A fiery wind b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
At the Heart of Huile by John Kenny - Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2012
Located in Coltishall, GB
Young Mumuhuile woman from the Huile region of southern Angola.
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with na...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
An Intense Encounter by John Kenny. Black and white portrait of man with scars
Located in Coltishall, GB
This Tamberma man is from a small village called Nadoba in Togo, about ten kilometres from the Benin border. The village is renowned for its facial scarification.
A fiery wind b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Large Color Photograph "Women of the IDF" Ashkan Sahihi
Located in Surfside, FL
"Women of the IDF" Large Exhibition color Photograph
30 x 40 inches, mounted on masonite and laminated.
Edition of 4 + 2 artists proof. minor dings and bumps to edges Born in Tehran, Iran, Ashkan Sahihi moved with his family to West Germany at the age of seven. Although he began taking photographs as a teenager, Sahihi traces the beginning of his professional trajectory to New York in 1987, a thriving “pop culture metropolis” where he could do the kind of photography work that he wanted to do, exploring the underbelly of the society around him. Taking assignments from German publications such as the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine, Der Spiegel, Dummy and GEO, he photographed subjects like prisoners on death row, players in the hip-hop scene, and the downtown art scene of New York. Neither black nor white, an insider among outsiders, he found himself able to navigate spaces and dynamics that others might have had difficulty entering. He considered this both a privilege and an obligation – to visit these places and tell these stories. His success led to commissions from American publications as well, including the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Vogue.
Put off by the limitations of photojournalism (the expectation that he would illustrate the writer’s perspective rather than author a narrative of his own), Sahihi began to embark on independent, highly compact conceptual series. His main goal in these series has been to drive forward public discourse on topics he believes have not provoked enough or the right kind of discussion: drugs, gender in the media, women in the military, etc. His portraits draw on a familiar visual language – often seated subjects before a neutral backdrop – but push the viewer to feel and think about entirely new things. Although he constantly challenges the comfort level of both the viewer and the subject, Sahihi never removes himself from the line of fire; all of his work requires the artist to immerse himself in uncomfortable situations and challenge his own emotional fortitude.
Photographic Series
In the “Face Series”, latex-gloved hands manipulate the subjects’ features, stretching, pushing, squeezing, pinching at the whim of external direction – from the artist? The customer? The public? The “Hypnosis Series” comprises 8 portraits of hypnotized subjects each experiencing a single emotion, e.g. helplessness, withholding/anger, or regret. In a society that rewards the suppression of such naked emotion, the purity of these depictions is arresting.
In 2006, Sahihi photographed himself in the homes and with the families of six ex-girlfriends and one ex-wife, imposing himself more or less awkwardly on the constellations that emerged after he had exited their lives (“Exes Series”).
For Sahihi’s most well-known work, the “Drug Series,” he convinced 11 non–drug users to consume a particular drug, then took their portraits over the course of their trips. The series was born out of Sahihi’s frustration with the hypocrisy of the political conversation about drugs in the United States. “By attempting to present an objective image of drug use, the artist addresses the cultural politics that allow our society to simultaneously glamorize the ‘drug look’ in fashion magazines and the entertainment industry and meanwhile turn a blind eye to the complicated, and vast, problem of drug abuse.” Sahihi has exhibited this series at MoMA PS1 New York in 2001, in Dresden in 2008, and alongside his installation “100 Million in Ready Cash."
Sahihi’s dense explorations through small photographic series include “Women of the IDF," portraits of female Israeli soldiers...
Category
Early 2000s Portrait Photography
Materials
Laminate, Masonite
Merayun - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
By John Kenny 1
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Merayun, a Rendille woman from northern Kenya in 2019.
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Ltailson - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
By John Kenny 1
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Ltailson, a Samburu man from northern Kenya in 2019.
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
"Gustavo", Miami Beach, Florida, 1997
Located in Hudson, NY
Gustavo, depicts a male figure seated poolside with head bowed. The pose and the wet sheen to his hair and skin give the subject a classic, sculptural look.
Churilla draws from her ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bold Jewelry on Display in Ethiopia, Fashion, Horizontal, Portrait
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Untitled 9"
The distinctly preserved cultures of the Omo Valley in Ethiopia are featured in this print series titled Omo: Expressions of a People.
For this series, Drew received ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bold Jewelry on Display in Ethiopia, Fashion, Horizontal, Portrait
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Untitled 9"
The distinctly preserved cultures of the Omo Valley in Ethiopia are featured in this print series titled Omo: Expressions of a People.
For this series, Drew received ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Iconic Portrait of a Young Man Wearing Tribal Face Paint, Ethiopia, Fashion
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Untitled 37"
Wearing face paint is typical in the Karo tribe. While the designs are based on tradition, each young man is encouraged to create their own motif.
This award-winnin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Powerful Portrait of a Young African Woman in Tribal Jewelry, Best-seller, Kenya
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"The Gaze"
An iconic, fashion-inspired portrait of a young Rendille woman highlighting the bold and beautiful traditions of her remote tribal culture.
The print series Desert Song:...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Profile Portrait of a Woman in Kenya Wearing Tribal Jewelry, Iconic, Vertical
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Trimmed in Grace"
A young Rendille woman wears the traditional adornments of her culture with honor and pride in this iconic, award-winning portrait.
The print series Desert Son...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Profile Portrait of a Woman in Kenya Wearing Tribal Jewelry, Iconic, Vertical
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Trimmed in Grace"
A young Rendille woman wears the traditional adornments of her culture with honor and pride in this iconic, award-winning portrait.
The print series Desert Son...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jane Fonda Portrait, Unpublished, 1958
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Mark Shaw’s file of “test shots” was full of budding stars -- these December 1958 head shots of Jane Fonda were never published. Image size is 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17" paper size). A...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Giclée
Mick Jagger on Holiday
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
British rock star Mick Jagger holidays on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines, February 1989.
Jagger on Holiday
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
1989
Printe...
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
John Lennon
Located in Memphis, TN
The Beatles announced the formation of their record label, Apple Records, at a press conference at the Americana Hotel in New York in May, 1968. This photograph of John Lennon...
Category
1960s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Marisa Berenson, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Memphis, TN
Marisa Berenson, was related on her mother’s side to the great couturier Schiaparelli and through her father to the distinguished art historian Bernard Berenson. A celebrated fashion...
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Star Wars, Luke Skywalker, Sience Fiction Filmstill, 1977
Located in Cologne, DE
The original Star Wars trilogy, formerly marketed as the Star Wars Trilogy (and colloquially referred to as the 'original trilogy'), is the first set of three films produced in the S...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Robert Moog, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Memphis, TN
Musician and Inventor Robert Moog is seen in this photograph from January 7, 1970. Trained in physics, electrical engineering, and engineering ...
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Rendille Moran at Nyiru by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this stunning Rendille moran (warrior) in the shade of trees near the base of Mount Nyiru. Spring waters, flowing from the huge mountain plateau above, ensure year-round greenery in this area of great aridity.
The morans of both the Rendille and the Samburu wear beautifully ornate necklaces. Each design is specific to warriors within a clan and to a time in history (the ‘age-set’ that a young man enters after circumcision). The necklace thus identities his group and places him in the chronology of his tribe. A tribal elder can look at a warrior’s necklace...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Samburu Shepherd by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Every Friday the highest mountain pass in northern Kenya comes alive as its normally wind-battered and deserted shacks become the focus of a market. It is the only place in West Samburu where Pokot and Samburu tribal groups are able to meet in a tense and uneasy truce.
From a cliff top, looking out over northern Kenya’s rugged scenery, a nervous Samburu trader pointed at small moving objects...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Samburu Shepherd by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face
Located in Coltishall, GB
Every Friday the highest mountain pass in northern Kenya comes alive as its normally wind-battered and deserted shacks become the focus of a market. It is the only place in West Samburu where Pokot and Samburu tribal groups are able to meet in a tense and uneasy truce.
From a cliff top, looking out over northern Kenya’s rugged scenery, a nervous Samburu trader pointed at small moving objects...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Samburu Shepherd by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face
Located in Coltishall, GB
Every Friday the highest mountain pass in northern Kenya comes alive as its normally wind-battered and deserted shacks become the focus of a market. It is the only place in West Samburu where Pokot and Samburu tribal groups are able to meet in a tense and uneasy truce.
From a cliff top, looking out over northern Kenya’s rugged scenery, a nervous Samburu trader pointed at small moving objects...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Samburu Adornment by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this young married Samburu in the middle of a busy market in western Kenya. She was with a group of young women browsing the wooden stalls dotted across the dusty red earth in the lowlands of the Matthew’s Range. In Samburu communities young men spend years as warriors – a wandering lifestyle which make it impossible for them to marry. Instead they take girlfriends and give them beads and necklaces to indicate their relationship.
Samburu girls adore receiving these presents and adorn themselves in more and more necklaces. The girl in this picture, although now married to an elder, still shows her beads from the time of being promised to a warrior: they are the band of 8 or so thin necklaces...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Rendille Radiance by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face
Located in Coltishall, GB
This enchanting Rendille lady is from a large village in the Kaisut Desert in northern Kenya. She was living in one of the ‘purest’ parts of the Rendille homeland, where their langua...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Rendille Radiance by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face
Located in Coltishall, GB
This enchanting Rendille lady is from a large village in the Kaisut Desert in northern Kenya. She was living in one of the ‘purest’ parts of the Rendille homeland, where their langua...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Turkana Girl of Loiyangalani by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this girl from the Turkana community of Loiyangalani very near to the shores of Lake Turkana. She was walking with her head covered to provide some...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Turkana Girl of Loiyangalani by John Kenny, C-type Print with acrylic face mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this girl from the Turkana community of Loiyangalani very near to the shores of Lake Turkana. She was walking with her head covered to provide some...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Turkana Girl of Loiyangalani By John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic face mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this girl from the Turkana community of Loiyangalani very near to the shores of Lake Turkana. She was walking with her head covered to provide some...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Lemoroko by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met Lemoroko, a Rendille moran (warrior), in the southern reaches of the Rendille homeland, on the boundary of the neighbouring Samburu District. He had a striking, chiselled appea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Acuan - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
By John Kenny 1
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Acuan, a Turkana man from northern Kenya in 2019.
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with na...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Lekutano - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
By John Kenny 1
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Lekutano, a Samburu man from northern Kenya in 2019.
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Lekutano - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
By John Kenny 1
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Lekutano, a Samburu man from northern Kenya in 2019.
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Lemarleni - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
By John Kenny 1
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Lemarleni, a Samburu man from northern Kenya in 2019.
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Lemarleni - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
By John Kenny 1
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Lemarleni, a Samburu man from northern Kenya in 2019.
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Lemarleni - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
By John Kenny 1
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Lemarleni, a Samburu man from northern Kenya in 2019.
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Madina - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
By John Kenny 1
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Madina, a Gabbra woman from northern Kenya in 2019.
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Ltailson - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
By John Kenny 1
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Ltailson, a Samburu man from northern Kenya in 2019.
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Merayun - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
By John Kenny 1
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Merayun, a Rendille woman from northern Kenya in 2019.
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Loha by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
This portrait of Loha, a ‘Naga’ sadhu, was taken in Pashupatinath, one of Hinduism’s holiest sites. Lord Pashupatinath is a manifestation of Lord Shiva and the name translates to ‘protector of the animals’. Naga sadhus cover themselves in ash and typically wander naked from head to toe.
John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust.
John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life.
The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Parvati by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
A beautiful Meghwal girl from the edges of the white desert, the Rann of Kutch, an arid area bordering Pakistan in the far West of India.
John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust.
John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life.
The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Loha by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
This portrait of Loha, a ‘Naga’ sadhu, was taken in Pashupatinath, one of Hinduism’s holiest sites. Lord Pashupatinath is a manifestation of Lord Shiva and the name translates to ‘protector of the animals’. Naga sadhus cover themselves in ash and typically wander naked from head to toe.
John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust.
John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life.
The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Loha by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
This portrait of Loha, a ‘Naga’ sadhu, was taken in Pashupatinath, one of Hinduism’s holiest sites. Lord Pashupatinath is a manifestation of Lord Shiva and the name translates to ‘protector of the animals’. Naga sadhus cover themselves in ash and typically wander naked from head to toe.
John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust.
John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life.
The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Parvati by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
A beautiful Meghwal girl from the edges of the white desert, the Rann of Kutch, an arid area bordering Pakistan in the far West of India.
John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust.
John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life.
The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Parvati by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
A beautiful Meghwal girl from the edges of the white desert, the Rann of Kutch, an arid area bordering Pakistan in the far West of India.
John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust.
John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life.
The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Kashi by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this Sadhu with such kind eyes in Kashi (another name for Varanasi) on one of the chaotic ghats. We tried and failed to take the portrait as crowds and sacred cows constantly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Kashi by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this Sadhu with such kind eyes in Kashi (another name for Varanasi) on one of the chaotic ghats. We tried and failed to take the portrait as crowds and sacred cows constantly streamed between us. Fortunately a group of young boat-hands gave up their relatively sheltered corner of the ghat, where they had been gambling over cards, to give us five minutes of calm space.
John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust.
John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life.
The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Kashi by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this Sadhu with such kind eyes in Kashi (another name for Varanasi) on one of the chaotic ghats. We tried and failed to take the portrait as crowds and sacred cows constantly streamed between us. Fortunately a group of young boat-hands gave up their relatively sheltered corner of the ghat, where they had been gambling over cards, to give us five minutes of calm space.
John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust.
John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life.
The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Glimpses by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount.
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young woman of the Afar culture
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and in their day to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Glimpses by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount.
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young woman of the Afar culture
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and in their day to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Glimpses by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young woman of the Afar culture
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and in their day to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Displaced by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount.
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young man of the Nuer culture with distinctive scarification on his forehead. The photograph was taken in Ethiopia but like many of the Nuer he had been displaced from his home in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Displaced by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount.
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young man of the Nuer culture with distinctive scarification on his forehead. The photograph was taken in Ethiopia but like many of the Nuer he had been displaced from his home in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Displaced by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount.
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young man of the Nuer culture with distinctive scarification on his forehead. The photograph was taken in Ethiopia but like many of the Nuer he had been displaced from his home in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Farthest East by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount.
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young Fulani girl in Ethiopia. The Fulani have a nomadic lifestyle that sees them moving across the Sahel from Mali in the West to Ethiopia in the East.
John Kenny’s work is all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Farthest East by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young Fulani girl in Ethiopia. The Fulani have a nomadic lifestyle that sees them moving across the Sahel from Mali in the West to Ethiopia in the East.
John Kenny’s work is all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Farthest East by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young Fulani girl in Ethiopia. The Fulani have a nomadic lifestyle that sees them moving across the Sahel from Mali in the West to Ethiopia in the East.
John Kenny’s work is all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
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