VISUALS: ANTHONY BILA PORTRAITS HIS MOTHER IN SOUTH AFRICAN CLOTHING FOR HERITAGE MONTH

Anthony Bila, the photographer renowned for popularising South African street cultures across the globe, photographed his mother Ethel for Heritage Month, also known as Braai Day and Shaka Day. Mandela created it in 1996 to celebrate the diversity of cultures and beliefs of the country.     Bila portrays his mother in styles of her creation, which pay homage to …

VISUALS: MARIANNE FASSLER AW ’18

South African designer Marianne Fassler has just released the lookbook of the Autumn Winter collection “Concrete Flower”. The release is accompanied by a poem by Melissa Fontini. Her arms spike contrasting petals overhead you can tell she is different from the rest care-free and open to explore the crannies of our world optimistic is this unusual wild flower whose tongue …

VISUALS: AFRICA AND THE CITY (VANITY FAIR ITALIA, 2014)

In this editorial appeared in Vanity Fairy Italia in 2014, Kenneth Willardt shoots model Nur Hellman in the afrosartorial style of overlapping visual layers and strong contrasts of colours, textures, and pattern. The use of European haute couture rather than African designers, shows that afrosartorialism is a form of Afro-centric presentation that doesn’t limit itself to engaging a black audience with clothes and …

VISUALS: 2MANYSIBLINGS + KWESI ABBENSETTS IN NYC

On their recent journey to New York City, Papa Petit and Velma Rossa of the Kenyan style collective 2manysiblings met with Brooklyn-based photographer Kwesi Abbensetts for a street shooting.  Abbensetts , who hails from Guyana, has made a name for himself as an advocate of natural beauty and Afrocentric aesthetics.  Fragments of the collaboration have appeared on Tumblr, documenting the siblings’ …

VISUALS : KEVIN MACKINTOSH, “AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY”

From the photographer’s bio: Kevin Mackintosh was born in Africa, but left 15 years ago for the United Kingdom, ( where he lives, dividing his time between New York , London and Paris). While his work expresses a personal ‘ universe’ that combines an interest in European cinema, theatre and art, there is something about the largesse of his native …