#namsaleuba

[orlandofficiale]

From Photo London Fair (@photolondonfair) to Foam Talent (@foam_amsterdam) (@foam_magazine) and British Journal of photography emerging photographer Namsa Leuba's body or work explores the vibrancy and energy of Nigerian youth culture. Photo : Mide from the series NGL 2015 #NamsaLeuba #manjujournal #photography #photoexhibition #foamtalent #foammagazine #africanphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/BvwojIog8Fu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pdbj363k3r9q

[afrobougee]

WEKE by @namsaleuba | This series of photographs, executed in the Republic of Benin, imagines narratives that are inspired by the local animist traditions of the vodun (voodoo) religion. Benin is the birthplace of voodoo, predating many religions by over 10,000 years, and there are groups that keep the tradition alive and strong. Vodun cosmology is based on the idea that spirits govern the natural and human world, and religious practices incorporate ceremonies that communicate with mythical gods. The basic tenet of voodoo stipulates the continuity of all things both visible and invisible in the universe, a belief in the interconnectedness of the living, spirit and natural world. Inspired by the visual codes and symbols of voodoo, I constructed a performative photographic series that reenacted important rituals. #afrobougee #benin #story #rituals #namsaleuba #series #voodoo #humans #vodun #cosmology #beinspired #becreative #nouveaunoir

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#KhoiSan - #NamsaLeuba #wattson

[afrobougee]

WEKE by @namsaleuba | This series of photographs, executed in the Republic of Benin, imagines narratives that are inspired by the local animist traditions of the vodun (voodoo) religion. Benin is the birthplace of voodoo, predating many religions by over 10,000 years, and there are groups that keep the tradition alive and strong. Vodun cosmology is based on the idea that spirits govern the natural and human world, and religious practices incorporate ceremonies that communicate with mythical gods. The basic tenet of voodoo stipulates the continuity of all things both visible and invisible in the universe, a belief in the interconnectedness of the living, spirit and natural world. Inspired by the visual codes and symbols of voodoo, I constructed a performative photographic series that reenacted important rituals. #afrobougee #benin #story #rituals #namsaleuba #series #voodoo #humans #vodun #cosmology #beinspired #becreative #nouveaunoir

[afrobougee]

WEKE by @namsaleuba | This series of photographs, executed in the Republic of Benin, imagines narratives that are inspired by the local animist traditions of the vodun (voodoo) religion. Benin is the birthplace of voodoo, predating many religions by over 10,000 years, and there are groups that keep the tradition alive and strong. Vodun cosmology is based on the idea that spirits govern the natural and human world, and religious practices incorporate ceremonies that communicate with mythical gods. The basic tenet of voodoo stipulates the continuity of all things both visible and invisible in the universe, a belief in the interconnectedness of the living, spirit and natural world. Inspired by the visual codes and symbols of voodoo, I constructed a performative photographic series that reenacted important rituals. #afrobougee #benin #story #rituals #namsaleuba #series #voodoo #humans #vodun #cosmology #beinspired #becreative #nouveaunoir

[afrobougee]

WEKE by @namsaleuba | This series of photographs, executed in the Republic of Benin, imagines narratives that are inspired by the local animist traditions of the vodun (voodoo) religion. Benin is the birthplace of voodoo, predating many religions by over 10,000 years, and there are groups that keep the tradition alive and strong. Vodun cosmology is based on the idea that spirits govern the natural and human world, and religious practices incorporate ceremonies that communicate with mythical gods. The basic tenet of voodoo stipulates the continuity of all things both visible and invisible in the universe, a belief in the interconnectedness of the living, spirit and natural world. Inspired by the visual codes and symbols of voodoo, I constructed a performative photographic series that reenacted important rituals. #afrobougee #benin #story #rituals #namsaleuba #series #voodoo #humans #vodun #cosmology #beinspired #becreative #nouveaunoir

[afrobougee]

WEKE by @namsaleuba | My interest in traditional West African religious practices is based on my dual heritage, from a Guinean mother and a Swiss father. Growing up, I was exposed to the animist belief system of my mother’s family in Guinea, which was in stark contrast to my upbringing in Switzerland. These practices served as a vital point of connection to my ancestral roots, and a part of my family that I was fragmentally connected to. At the same time, the practices were exotic, stemming from an ideology that sits in contrast to Western belief systems. I have always been characterized as the other, whether I am too “African” to be European or too “European” to be African. In this unique positioning, I am interested in the politics of the gaze — who is looking, who is being looked at, and the medium of which this looking occurs. Since the invention of photography, the camera has been a determining instrument for the construction and consolidation of the Western gaze. Colonial photography in the nineteenth century formed a visual imaginary of the dark continent and the exotic other, with a fetishistic interest in different bodies and customs. The inherent philosophy of photography is itself a Western concept, the notion that all can be proved and verified by direct visual sight. | #afrobougee #benin #story #rituals #namsaleuba #series #voodoo #humans #vodun #cosmology #beinspired #becreative #nouveaunoir

[artbookdap]

A few images from 'Namsa Leuba: Crossed Looks,' a featured title for Black History Month.⁠ ⁠ Published by @damiani_books 'Crossed Looks' accompanies the first solo exhibition of Swiss Guinean artist @namsaleuba (born 1982) in the US — @halsey_institute — and features Leuba’s major projects to date, including photography series in Guinea, South Africa, Nigeria and Benin, and the debut of a new series recently made in Tahiti.⁠ ⁠ The exhibition and publication consider how Leuba’s photographic practice explores the representation of African identity and the cultural Other in the Western imagination. Over 90 photographs inspired by the visual culture and ceremonies of West Africa, contemporary fashion and design, and the history of photography and its colonizing gaze present Leuba’s unique perspective that straddles reality and fantasy. Through the adaptation of myths attributed to the Other, Leuba’s photographs acknowledge this double act of looking, a dialogue of global cultures. The essays included in the book examine the nuanced themes of identity and representation in Leuba’s multiple bodies of work.⁠ ⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ Text by @josephgergel @emmaiduma & #MaryTrent⁠ ⁠ #namsaleuba #crossedlooks #josephgergel #EmmanuelIduma https://www.instagram.com/p/CaNenospGFg/?utm_medium=tumblr