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Kyle Weeks’ Resplendent Portrait of Ghanaian Youth Culture

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June 09, 2023 Lead ImagePhotography by Kyle Weeks The title of photographer Kyle Weeks‘ latest project Good news goes back to his childhood in Namibia, when he would watch his father react to the news. The “constant stream of negative stories” he observed about his home country and Africa at large prompted a simple question in his mind: “Why is there never good news?” The question would come back to Weeks years later in Ghana. “Plastic bags with catchphrases like ‘Good News’ are something you see quite often in Ghana,” he explains. “Similarly, taxis are regularly decorated with stuck catchphrases…Continue Reading

German photo festival canceled after curator accused of antisemitism

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The Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, a Germany-based exhibition of contemporary photography has been canceled after one of the curators posted content to social media that the German cities of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg, where the event was set to take place, described it as “antisemitic”. The event was set to open March 2024. As first reported in the Art Newspaperthe Bangladeshi photojournalist and event co-curator Shahidul Alam posted “content that can be read as antisemitic and antisemitic content,” according to officials, including posts compared Israel’s attack on Northern Gaza to the Holocaust and accused Israel of genocide against the Palestinian…Continue Reading

Rare bear helps Alberta photographer win international contest

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An Alberta woman has won a prestigious nature photography contest after traveling to South America to photograph a vulnerable species of bear. Jacquie Matechuk​, who lives in Cochrane, Alta., won the Nature Photographer of the Year award in a contest run by Nature Talks, a Netherlands-based photography agency. Her winning image, He Looks to the Heavensfeatures a spectacled bear perched on a fig tree in Ecuador. The species name comes from the rings of light-colored fur around the eyes, making it look like they’re wearing glasses. Matechuk​ said that on the day the photo was taken, it seemed like everything…Continue Reading