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"The Black gaze is relatable, humanistic, empathetic, authentic, truthful, inclusive, defiant. It is important that we shape our identity and see ourselves beyond the outsiders’ limited beliefs. False beliefs stemming from a bleak history. The Black gaze allows us to see each other in an understanding and dignifying light,
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"The Black gaze to me, means Black visual artists having the ability and ample opportunities to tell our own stories without the fear of not meeting the expectations of non-Black people." - Henry Danner How does the Black gaze relate to your photography practice? This relates to my
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"The Black gaze is about the experiences that exist within each and every single one us. There are stories at every single corner. And it’s those stories that allows us to have a voice; especially when so many people are voiceless, and don’t get to share those
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"The Black gaze shows the importance and perspective of art and influence through Black individuals. It’s unapologetic in staying true to how our culture views and interprets ourselves." - Brandon J. St. Jean How does the Black gaze relate to your photography practice? This relates to my
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"It’s amazing how Black creatives can be interviewed and their process documented, it inspires." — Ebuka Mordi How does the Black gaze relate to your photography practice? It inspires. What do you want to say or address with your photography? I want to uplift the name of Nigeria
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"This question has come to me a few times, in many different contexts and places in the world and each time my answer is the same, the Black gaze, is the perception of ourselves and that also answers why it matters." — Magno Daniel How does the Black gaze
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"The Black gaze means an admiration of everything Black. Admiration that is not only external but also internal. Internally in regards to politics, culture, emotions, and mental illness. Overall, the Black Experience." — Zaria Love How does the Black gaze relate to your photography practice? This relates to my
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"The Black gaze is home. It’s not foreign, it doesn’t trigger my need to survive and determine whether I’m safe, much like the White gaze does. The Black gaze is not trying to ask if I’m good enough or if I fit a certain mould.
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"The Black gaze has echoes of the male gaze. I do, however, think that as a Black man it is my duty to re-appropriate how White people see us and how we see ourselves." — Zaki Grant How does the Black gaze relate to your photography practice? It doesn’
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"The Black gaze is simply the perception of the Black person(s). It’s a view of the world from a voice that has long been silenced and as such, forces a target audience to engage true Blackness, dismantling the privileges in their perception." — Kay Hickman How does
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"The Black gaze means looking within, it means revisiting stories that were documented by the White folk when it comes to our own stories. I can give you Ethiopia, my own country, as an example. A lot of its history, including imagery has been written and photographed by White
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"Whilst there is much similarity across the diaspora, not all Black experiences are the same and too often we are oversimplified as a community. The Black gaze is not monolithic and I interpret it as two things; firstly, it describes communicating the wealth of variety and lived experiences across
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