theBLKGZE
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Exploring how photography can ensure Black people are remembered in the fullness of their humanity. Essays, conversations, criticism and long form photography. Seeing differently.
Leica’s Updated iPhone Camera App Has a Look Made By Steve McCurry petapixel.com/2026/09/24/l...
Leica's Updated iPhone Camera App Has a Look Made By Steve McCurry
Huge update to the Leica mobile photography ecosystem.
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How much of the way you see is actually yours? Before you raise the camera, you’ve already been taught what is worth noticing, what looks important and what makes a “good” photograph. Where does your way of seeing come from? I’ve been thinking about this in my latest essay: t.co/lkiONKh4Gl
https://www.theblkgze.com/essays/which-parts-of-the-way-you-see-are-yours/
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This is one of the best reflections I've read into a long time. A growth mindset is critical to success in life and photography.
UnOfPhoto@unofphoto.bsky.social · last mo.Before bread and wine, there is water 📸 + words by me. www.shaunconnellphoto.com/before-bread...
Before bread and wine, there is water.
Nationhood: Memory and Hope is a new photography exhibition that celebrates the diversity of the UK today. Visit it now at Impressions Gallery, Bradford.
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There are two kinds of photography lovers. Those with a copy of my new zine. And those about to grab one. shaunconnellphoto.bigcartel.com/product/near...
Near The Cross: Nationhood and Hope Zine
Limited first edition (200 copies) photography zine from Bradford. 8 monochrome images plus reflection on faith, loss, resilience and belonging....
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Born from the exhibition Nationhood: Memory and Hope, Near the Cross is a limited edition zine of faith, memory and belonging. 100 copies only. UK shipping. Pre-order now. shaunconnellphoto.bigcartel.com/product/near...
Near the Cross: Nationhood and Hope Zine
Pre-order is now open for the first 100 copies of Near the Cross. Near the Cross is a self-published photography zine created in dialogue with the...
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Dominoes is more than a game. For the Windrush generation + their descendants. It's a gateway that bridges generations, blends cultures, + echoes the rhythm of home on foreign soil.
Sung by those photographers who twist light, blur truth + call it art. The anthem of the gaslighter behind the lens: I’m the shutter-shaker, story-fabricator I’m the truth-eraser, focus-manipulator I’m a gaslighter, slick gaslighter You’re the subject, warped exposure.
a black and white photo of a man in an american flag sweater .
ALT: a black and white photo of a man in an american flag sweater .
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Fundraiser Mongi + Kuda led worship at their fundraiser ahead of October’s Cambodia mission trip building wells, toilets, renovating a church + more. Every donation helps cover travel, food + insurance. Support here: www.gofundme.com/f/kuda-mongi...
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My last view of Jamaica. Land we love. Tourists arrive free. Windrush left with no return. Cruise ships dock. Migrant boats are blocked. Souvenir shops sell island life but not Marcus Garvey. The colonial era is over, but its passport still decides who gets welcome.
I'd urge anyone who can to watch this documentary. As a young man, I read a lot about the Vietnam War. As I've got older, too. This documentary lays it out in a way I'd not experienced before. The way it dovetails into the now is powerful. www.netflix.com/title/81756795
Watch Turning Point: The Vietnam War | Netflix Official Site
This thought-provoking documentary series examines the harrowing consequences of the Vietnam War, from the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the fall of Saigon.
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Revolution doesn’t always wear a slogan. Sometimes it sounds like dominoes slapping wood and a story told over rum. The rum shop is a classroom. A confessional. A strategy room in disguise. Freedom dreams live here. Ask Robin D.G. Kelley.
Dominoes is more than a game. In Jamaica, it's strategy, rhythm and resistance. You don’t choose your hand, you choose how you play it. As Robin D. G. Kelley says, even play is political. In dominoes, Black joy becomes memory, mastery and freedom.
Prayer is less about miracles + more about recognising our shared vulnerability + hope. In naming another’s struggle, we often uncover our own. To pray for someone is to honour their humanity + in doing so, affirm our own.
In that moment, a song of worship filled the air. If I had to offer a song now, it would be one from The Preacher’s Wife. It feels most fitting for this moment of reflection. I love the Lord He heard my cry And pitied every groan Long as I, I live And troubles rise I'll hasten to His throne
As the season draws its final breath, the faithful in Bradford lift their voices to a hard-earned ascent to Division 1. And in that chorus of triumph, comes the chant that binds them: And it's Bradford City, Bradford City FC, We're by far the greatest team, The world has ever seen.
Wi likkle but wi tallawah. Some truths don’t need to be shouted. If you’ve lived them, you’ll recognise them in life, in photography + in this short essay. Peace + love to @andrewjackson.bsky.social This is #photography. www.theblkgze.com/all/wi-likkl...
Wi likkle but wi tallawah
A critical inquiry into visual sovereignty, refusal and reparation in photography rooted in Jamaican culture.
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A white woman is receiving donations after her racist outburst. This is America. -Deep Sigh-
Everything was shown so plainly, to deny it is to deny your own humanity. So again, I ask you: What do you see? And what might it demand of you? Sit with it. Then speak. www.theblkgze.com/essay/what-g...
What Gordon Parks Saw
In one quiet frame from 1956, Gordon Parks captures Black childhood with tender defiance. The image doesn’t shout, it waits to be seen.
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Documenting the Ordinary. The Radical Power of Everyday Black Moments www.theblkgze.com/essay/docume...
Documenting the Ordinary
Discover why documenting everyday Black life is a powerful act of resistance, care and storytelling for future generations.
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Good morning, good people. Today is the last day to see Nationhood: Memory and Hope at @ImpGalleryPhoto. I'll be there to meet + greet visitors before waving it off. The next stop for the exhibition is Belfast Exposed, from 5 June to 11 July. This is #photography
