In Bemba, Bakashimika means storytellers. It is an apt name for a photography festival built on a simple but powerful question: What does Zambian photography actually look like? The idea began as a conversation among photographers and cultural thinkers who noticed something curious. When searching “Zambian photography” online, the results were overwhelmingly dominated by wildlife imagery,ContinueContinue reading “Bakashimika: Storytellers Reframing Zambia’s Visual Identity”
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How to Train Your Eye to Notice Detail
Noticing detail is not about being clever. It’s not about impressing anyone, and it’s not a skill reserved for artists, designers, or critics. Noticing detail is about presence. About being awake to what is already there, instead of rushing past it. About slowing down enough to see the world as it actually is, instead ofContinueContinue reading “How to Train Your Eye to Notice Detail”
Writings behind old family photos
“Go and get the photo album.”Those were the words my grandma said whenever we were hosting, and I remember we always had a special place where we kept it, ready for specific times like this. The guests would watch in anticipation, waiting—unaware that they were about to step into a photo exhibition curated over theContinueContinue reading “Writings behind old family photos”