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Johnson Ocheja.

Excellent, powerful portraits by Nigerian artist Johnson Ocheja.

Ocheja employs a distinct style in his artistic creations, utilizing blue pigment and impasto techniques executed with his fingers to produce a distinctive, textured effect. This approach to painting is inspired by the practice of scarification, a cultural tradition prevalent among African communities. Through his portraits, Ocheja seeks to promote a heightened awareness of black consciousness and to celebrate black beauty.

Ocheja's background has been shaped by his experiences living in two different Nigerian states - he was born in Kogi State, and moved to Kaduna State at the age of three. After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Statistics from Kogi State University, he has continued to reside in Kaduna State. By reflecting upon the cultural, political, religious, ethnic, and racial issues that are of significance to his community, Ocheja utilizes his art as a means to address and raise awareness of these important topics.

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2021 June 6

A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse Image Credit & Copyright: Elias Chasiotis

Explanation: Yes, but have you ever seen a sunrise like this? Here, after initial cloudiness, the Sun appeared to rise in two pieces and during partial eclipse, causing the photographer to describe it as the most stunning sunrise of his life. The dark circle near the top of the atmospherically-reddened Sun is the Moon – but so is the dark peak just below it. This is because along the way, the Earth’s atmosphere had an inversion layer of unusually warm air which acted like a gigantic lens and created a second image. For a normal sunrise or sunset, this rare phenomenon of atmospheric optics is known as the Etruscan vase effect. The featured picture was captured in December 2019 from Al Wakrah, Qatar. Some observers in a narrow band of Earth to the east were able to see a full annular solar eclipse – where the Moon appears completely surrounded by the background Sun in a ring of fire. The next solar eclipse, also an annular eclipse for well-placed observers, will occur later this week on June 10.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210606.html

La photographe Agnieszka Sosnowska est née en Pologne, fut élevée aux Etats Unis et vit depuis 2005 dans une ferme avec son mari dans l’est de l’Islande. Dès son plus jeune âge, Agnieszka Sosnowska se spécialise dans l’art et la photographie. En 1995, elle réussit son baccalauréat professionnel à l’école des Beaux Arts du Massachusetts et sort diplômée d’une formation studio à l’Université de Boston en 1999. Son parcours atypique, agrémenté par de multiples rencontres culturelles, a façonné l’idée de ce projet photo consacré aux régions et à la culture islandaise. La photographe a souhaité révéler, magnifier les lieux de son quotidien en leur associant un mythe, une histoire, […]