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Loile by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2011
Located in Coltishall, GB
The large circular earplugs worn by this stunning Rendille warrior are made of plastic and sometimes bone. In past times, and very occasionally today, you might see the same plugs ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Ekerun by John Kenny. Photographic Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2019
Located in Coltishall, GB
A Turkana elder in Northern Kenya
John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Inchoy by John Kenny. Photographic Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2019
Located in Coltishall, GB
The steady gaze of Inchoy and child.
John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to captur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Karepo Nawa by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this young Himba girl near to a place called Etengwa in the far north of Namibia. We trekked a few kilometres in the midday heat, over a rocky hill to a small village within wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Himba Siblings by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
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 his subjects in their day to day attire.
The C-t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
The San Man by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2012
Located in Coltishall, GB
A picture of joy. KhoiSan bushman from Namibia
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Fire of the Himba by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
Himba women have a devotion to red ochre powder and butter fat that exceeds even the Hamer of the Omo valley in Ethiopia. They apply huge amounts to almost their entire bodies inclu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Assaita by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2008
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young man of the Afar culture in the town of Assaita. Many men spend the afternoons in loud debate in mud buildings and courtyards. Often with fistfuls of miraa leaves (ghat) and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Lion of the Kalahari by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
This Himba elder was at a huge funeral gathering in the western Kaokoland between the largest town of the area, Opuwo, and Otjitando. The area was flat, and very dry, with a strong wind constantly whipping up fine, dry dust and flinging it across the landscape.
The funeral was quite different in feel. People were engaged in deep, animated conversations, they smiled and laughed a lot in more of a festival atmosphere than one of sadness. Long parted friends came together to celebrate the life of the man who had passed – a man of huge popularity and social status. The funeral was to last a week and the crowd was swelling each day. There were huge animal carcasses being cooked on fires tended carefully by younger Himba men.
I watched from a distance, concerned at the need for privacy at such a gathering, but a number of groups waved for me to come over. The elder maintained a natural authority within his small circle, and I noticed that others spoke to him with deference. In the past this man had hunted and killed desert lions. He then pointed to a large gouge on the man’s thigh – the results of one of these encounters.
The lower necklace on this man are made of the soft ears of lambs. The small metal spear...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Himba Child l by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
In the far north of Namibia as you head towards the border with Angola at Epupa Falls, barely visible tracks radiate off the main dirt road into bush and disappear across sandy, dry river beds. Arid conditions and past hunting have left few animals and the barren terrain create few obvious landmarks, but the Himba are able to navigate easily.
Himba villages have a circular boundary around the kraal (village) staked out by tall, tightly packed branches and a single route in and out. The outer wall surrounds a number of huts, each inhabited by one of the man’s wives and her children. Sometimes there are 6, 7 or more wives in the Himba kraal, and a lot of children!
When they are young, Himba children of both sexes dress and look remarkably similar. Often the only way to differentiate is by the number of thick hair strands...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
John Kenny Malasso Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
I came across the intense stare of this Pokot lady at a Friday market on a mountain summit in northern Kenya; it was the same market where I photographed a Samburu goat herder wrapped in blankets. The Pokot and Samburu are engaged in a constant battle over grazing rights, the two groups tend not to mix even at the market. This lady and the women with her were watched carefully by armed Pokot warriors as they walked amongst the market’s wooden stalls.
The journey to the market involves walking many kilometres across the valley floor and then a 1000m ascent to the mountain pass. When she left the market she carried no purchases with her an example of the exertions and huge distances that people in the north endure in order to trade and buy their basic necessities.
John Kenny...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Lakuru by John Kenny. Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
Rendille warrior from Northern Kenya
John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His subjects are lit with natural light and wear their day ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Learnesi by John Kenny. Portrait with Acrylic Face-Mounted - C-type Print
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Rendille are found across arid and semi-arid areas of northern Kenya and live in a harmonious arrangement with their neighbours to the south, the Samburu. It is often difficult t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Wodaabe Maiden by John Kenny. Portrait, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young Wodaabe maiden from Niger.
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 his subjects ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Mists O’er The Loch by James Sparshatt Palladium Platinum Print with Float Frame
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A frozen morning in the highlands of Scotland and the sun battles to emerge from the mists.
James Sparshatt’s black and white landscapes have an ethereal beauty. They are moments w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Platinum
Stormy Waters by James Sparshatt. Palladium Platinum Print with Float Frame
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Rolling waves crashing against the breakwater in St Monan’s calmed by a long exposure after dark.
James Sparshatt’s black and white landscapes have an ethereal beauty. They are mom...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Sands of The Himalaya by James Sparshatt. Palladium Platinum Photo - Float Frame
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Nubra Valley is part of the Tibetan plateau. It is an arid landscape surrounded by awesome peaks, a high altitude desert inhabited by a few small Ladakhi communities and their ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Platinum
James Sparshatt Mists O’er The Loch Large Archival Print with Wooden Frame, 2009
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A frozen morning in the highlands of Scotland and the sun battles to emerge from the mists.
James Sparshatt’s black and white landscapes have an ethereal beauty. They are moments w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Wood
James Sparshatt Aodh’s Domain Large Archival Print with Wooden Frame, 2011
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Aodh is a god of the underworld and prince of the Daoine Sidhe in Irish mythology. The crashing waves in this cave made its legend as a gateway to the realm of the Gods entirely u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Wood
James Sparshatt Stormy Waters Large Archival Print with Wooden Frame, 2011
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Rolling waves crashing against the breakwater in St Monan’s calmed by a long exposure after dark.
James Sparshatt’s black and white landscapes have an ethereal beauty. They are mom...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Wood
Dawn Over Bagan by James Sparshatt. Archival Print with Wooden Frame, 2011
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Just after sunrise the mists disburse to reveal a panorama of pagodas stretching across the Bagan valley in Burma. Drifting slowly in the almost imperceptible breeze a flotilla of h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Wood
American Trails by James Sparshatt. Archival Print with Wooden Frame, 2013
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
June Lake on the Eastern Escarpment of the Californian Sierra Maestre range. Hours before sunrise the frozen lake was buffeted by winds. The ice cracked and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Wood
Waiting for Brasil by James Sparshatt. Archival Print with Wooden Frame
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Atlantic Ocean stretching out from Dingle. In Irish folklore Brasil was believed to be a phantom island lost in mists that appeared once every seven years but could never be reac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Wood
Sands of The Himalaya by James Sparshatt. Archival Print with Wooden Frame
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Nubra Valley is part of the Tibetan plateau. It is an arid landscape surrounded by awesome peaks, a high altitude desert inhabited by a few small Ladakhi communities and their ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Wood
El Ensayo by James Sparshatt. Framed Palladium Platinum Print, 2002
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
El Ensayo (the rehearsal) was taken during the Romerias de Mayo festival in Holguin Cuba. The troupe were preparing for a performance of Afro-Cuban dance...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Platinum
La Dama Del Callejón by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Print, 2001
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Every Sunday afro-Cubans gather in the Callejon de Hammel to play the drums and sing the harsh vocals of rumba.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cuban...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
La Dama del Callejón by James Sparshatt. Palladium Platinum Print - Float Frame
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Every Sunday afro-Cubans gather in the Callejon de Hammel to play the drums and sing the harsh vocals of rumba.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cuban...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
James Sparshatt La Dama Del Callejón Large Print on Brushed Aluminium, 2001
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Every Sunday afro-Cubans gather in the Callejon de Hammel to play the drums and sing the harsh vocals of rumba.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cuban...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Los Sueños by James Sparshatt. Framed Palladium Platinum Photograph
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Dreams of a moment…
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the rhythm of the moment.
The work is available as silver g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
La Dama Del Callejón by James Sparshatt. 20" x 20" Photo on brushed aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Every Sunday afro-Cubans gather in the Callejon de Hammel to play the drums and sing the harsh vocals of rumba.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cuban...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
El Babalao by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Photograph
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A Babalao or priest of the Santeria religion
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They have ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
La Dama De La Plaza by James Sparshatt. 36" x 36" photo on Brushed Aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A lady of pure joy… dancing in the Plaza de la Revolucion on May 1st.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
La Dama De La Plaza by James Sparshatt. Portrait of Cuban woman smoking a cigar
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A lady of pure joy… dancing in the Plaza de la Revolucion on May 1st.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Los Sueños by James Sparshatt. Palladium Platinum Print, 2004
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Dreams of a moment…
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the rhythm of the moment.
The work is available as silver g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Platinum
James Sparshatt Ritmo del Autobus Photography, Framed Palladium Platinum Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
It was Christmas day and we were heading to Santa Maria beach in a hired Cuban school bus about 40 minutes from Centro Havana. The girls of Rumba Morena beg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Platinum, Glass
El Campesino by James Sparshatt. 20" x 20" photograph on Brushed Aluminiu
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Viñales valley in western Cuba is a place of stunning beauty where perhaps the finest tobacco leaves in the world are grown. The tobacco farmers live hard but proud lives.
The S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
El Campesino by James Sparshatt. 36" x 36" photograph on Brushed Aluminiu
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Viñales valley in western Cuba is a place of stunning beauty where perhaps the finest tobacco leaves in the world are grown. The tobacco farmers live hard but proud lives.
The S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Bajo El Sol by James Sparshatt. 20"x 16" Baryta Silver Gelatin Print, 2001
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Music in Havana is an almost ever present backdrop to life… wandering the streets it is almost as though there is a soundtrack playing to the movie of your life. These school kids...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
El Sentinel by James Sparshatt. 36" x 36" Photograph on Brushed Aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A man of gentlemany demeanour, content with his cigar. A sentinel watching the world pass amidst the endless sugar cane country of central Cuba.
The Spirit of the Revolution serie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
El Sentinel by James Sparshatt. 20" x 20" Photograph on Brushed Aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A man of gentlemany demeanour, content with his cigar. A sentinel watching the world pass amidst the endless sugar cane country of central Cuba.
The Spirit of the Revolution serie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
James Sparshatt A Moment with Mario Photography, Palladium Platinum Print, 2019
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A photograph of Mario locked in a harmonious embrace with his trumpet… a moment of magic in a jazz club in New Orleans.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Platinum
Puro… Alegría by James Sparshatt. 20" x 20" Photograph on Brushed Aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Puro is Cuban slang for a cigar… alegria is Spanish for happiness… for Graciela both always seemed essential to her being.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
Puro… Alegría by James Sparshatt. 36" x 36" Photograph on Brushed Aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Puro is Cuban slang for a cigar… alegria is Spanish for happiness… for Graciela both always seemed essential to her being.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
El Barbudo by James Sparshatt. 36 x 36" Photographic Print on Brushed Aluminium
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The bearded one… in Old Havana.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They have a strength of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
James Sparshatt El Barbudo Photography, Small Print on Brushed Aluminium, 2002
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The bearded one… in Old Havana.
The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They have a strength of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Metal
El Amor by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Photo, 2002
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
An image of adoration and worship. Holguín, Cuba during a festival of dance.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
El Ensayo by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Print, 2002
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
El Ensayo (the rehearsal) was taken during the Romerias de Mayo festival in Holguin Cuba. The troupe were preparing for a performance of Afro-Cuban dance...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Navidad en Santa Maria by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Print, 2005
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Christmas day on Santa Maria beach on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the rhythm ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A Moment with Mario by James Sparshatt. BW Photograph of a jazz trumpet player
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A photograph of Mario locked in a harmonious embrace with his trumpet… a moment of magic in a jazz club in New Orleans.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ochun by James Sparshatt . C-type photo with Acrylic Face Mount, 2003
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Dancing to the rhythm of the Gods in Santiago de Cuba… Ochun reborn…
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the rhythm ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Ochun by James Sparshatt. C-type photo
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Dancing to the rhythm of the Gods in Santiago de Cuba… Ochun reborn…
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the rhythm ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Havana Café by James Sparshatt. C-type Photo with Acrylic Face Mount
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Havana Café. El Escabeche is a bar about halfway along called Obispo in old Havana. It was late afternoon when the band began to play. Their new lead singer was performing for the fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Havana Café by James Sparshatt. C-type Print with Acrylic Face Mount
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Havana Café. El Escabeche is a bar about halfway along called Obispo in old Havana. It was late afternoon when the band began to play. Their new lead singer was performing for the fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
James Sparshatt El Ultimo Tango Photography, Framed Palladium Platinum Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The last tango of the day en la Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the rhythm of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Glass, Platinum
Las manos by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Dancers during the Romerias de Mayo festival in Holguin Cuba.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people los...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Armonía by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A moment of harmony… male with female, African with Hispanic… joined together in the dance that is Cuba.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and int...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
La Mirada by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
The school of Spanish dance is housed in the upper floors of the Teatro Garcia Lorca in Havana. The wooden floors of the rehearsal rooms are worn and pitt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Reflecciones by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Print
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
A moment of self-reflection in the School of Spanish Dance in the Gran Teatro of Havana.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
El Descanso by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Print, 2000
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Each day the students at the School of Spanish Dance in Havana strut and twirl and leap across boards tin dance studios hat have seen better days. The da...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Las Palmas by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Print, 2000
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Dancer in the School of Spanish Dance in the Gran Teatro in Old Havana.
James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the rhyt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
