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Art Subject: Face
Ikulme by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2011
Located in Coltishall, GB
This elder from a Rendille community in northern Kenya wears a typical bright coloured fabric wrapped around his body. It is essentially the same as the blanket-like ‘shuka’ worn by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Assaita by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2008
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young man of the Afar culture in the town of Assaita. Many men spend the afternoons in loud debate in mud buildings and courtyards. Often with fistfuls of miraa leaves (ghat) and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Fire of the Himba by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
Himba women have a devotion to red ochre powder and butter fat that exceeds even the Hamer of the Omo valley in Ethiopia. They apply huge amounts to almost their entire bodies inclu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Fire of the Himba by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
Himba women have a devotion to red ochre powder and butter fat that exceeds even the Hamer of the Omo valley in Ethiopia. They apply huge amounts to almost their entire bodies inclu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Ltiriyan by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met Ltiriyan at the water wells in Laisamis, part of the Rendille lands of Northern Kenya. He was with nine or ten Rendille warriors relaxing in the heat of the day, and they happily sat around and talked with me through my guide for an hour or so before preparing their camels to head off into the desert again. Ltiriyan was the most outspoken of the young warriors...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Himba Child ll by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young Himba child from Namibia John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natura...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Himba Child l by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
In the far north of Namibia as you head towards the border with Angola at Epupa Falls, barely visible tracks radiate off the main dirt road into bush and disappear across sandy, dry ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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C Print

Rendille Moran at Nyiru by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait with Acrylic Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this stunning Rendille moran (warrior) in the shade of trees near the base of Mount Nyiru. Spring waters, flowing from the huge mountain plateau above, ensure year-round greenery in this area of great aridity. The morans of both the Rendille and the Samburu wear beautifully ornate necklaces. Each design is specific to warriors within a clan and to a time in history (the ‘age-set’ that a young man enters after circumcision). The necklace thus identities his group and places him in the chronology of his tribe. A tribal elder can look at a warrior’s necklace...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Himba Woman by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
Himba woman from Northern Namibia John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Otjitando by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
Otjitando is a Himba woman from the deserts of Namibia. She lives in a nomadic society and decorates her skin and hair with red mud. Otjitando gazes confidently at the viewer, ex...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Some Eyes Have Seen by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
John met this Wodaabe girl who was carrying her young child in a remote market village called Sakabal in the far north of Niger’s Maradi province. Like many Wodaabe women, she had ma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Pure Wodaabe by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of a young Wodaabe man from a town called Bororo in Niger. Bororo is often regarded as the ‘capital city’ of his people. The name Bororo is also commonly used to describe ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Oromo Lady of Bati by John Kenny. 36 x 24" portrait with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
The town of Bati is famous for the massive, bustling, weekly market that takes place on a hillside under a sea of umbrellas. Animals are still the measure of wealth for rural peopl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Fula Shepherd by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
This young Fula shepherd, much younger than is perhaps suggested in this photograph, was walking through a small village with his animals in the searing midday heat of Niger. He was ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Konbaki by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2008
Located in Coltishall, GB
Konbaki – a portrait from a Fula woman from Niger in Africa. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Behind the Great Mosque in Djenné by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait with mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
This young Fulani boy with his huge turban wrap was wandering through the backstreets of the great mosque in Djenne, an amazing structure which is the largest mud building on earth. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Beauty in the Sahel by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait with Acrylic Face-mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young Wodaabe girl on route to local village market in Niger. She is dressed in the traditional dark cloth of the nomadic Wodaabe, which beautifully compliments the colourful beads...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Lines that Lead to Perfection by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait with mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
Ydaco is from the Betammaribe culture in Benin. He lives in a small village in the Atakora mountains. His cheek bones provide the perfect surface for the beautifully intricate scarif...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Ekerun by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2019
Located in Coltishall, GB
A Turkana elder in Northern Kenya John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Inchoy by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2019
Located in Coltishall, GB
The steady gaze of Inchoy and child. John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to captur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Assaita by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2008
Located in Coltishall, GB
A young man of the Afar culture in the town of Assaita. Many men spend the afternoons in loud debate in mud buildings and courtyards. Often with fistfuls of miraa leaves (ghat) and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Lakuru Portraitby John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
Rendille warrior from Northern Kenya John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His subjects are lit with natural light and wear their day ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Ltiriyan by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2009
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met Ltiriyan at the water wells in Laisamis, part of the Rendille lands of Northern Kenya. He was with nine or ten Rendille warriors relaxing in the heat of the day, and they happi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Otjitando by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait photo with Acrylic Face-Mount 2010
Located in Coltishall, GB
Otjitando is a Himba woman from the deserts of Namibia. She lives in a nomadic society and decorates her skin and hair with red mud. Otjitando gazes confidently at the viewer, ex...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Nambuele by John Kenny. 26.5 x 18" portrait with Acrylic Face-Mount, 2012
Located in Coltishall, GB
Nambuele illustrates the hair craft of the Mumuhuila of southern Angola, whose women take an obsessive pride in their hairstyle. Although it may change as a girl enters different st...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Tiger Lady Archival Photograph by Getty Images 30 x 30
Located in San Rafael, CA
March 16, 1971: Air Stewardess Cynthia Robertson models the new uniform for National Airlines. A synthetic tiger skin number, the new uniform will be worn by over 1000 stewardesses....
Category

1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

At the Heart of Huile by John Kenny - Portrait, Unmounted C-type Print, 2012
Located in Coltishall, GB
Young Mumuhuile woman from the Huile region of southern Angola. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with na...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

An Intense Encounter by John Kenny - Portrait, C-type Print with Acrylic Face
Located in Coltishall, GB
This Tamberma man is from a small village called Nadoba in Togo, about ten kilometres from the Benin border. The village is renowned for its facial scarification. A fiery wind b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Fula Nomad at Golondi by John Kenny C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount,
Located in Coltishall, GB
The man was sat in the shade during a huge village market in a place called Golondi in Niger. We drank the salty, sweet tea that the nomads of the Sahel and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Bracing Against by Monica Denevan - Silver Gelatin Print, Wooden Frame
Located in Coltishall, GB
Bracing Against by Monica Denevan - Silver Gelatin Print, Wooden Frame Monica Denevan studied photography at San Francisco State University. She has travelled extensively in Burma ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bracing Against by Monica Denevan - Archival Giclee Print, Burma 2006
Located in Coltishall, GB
Bracing Against by Monica Denevan Photography, Archival Giclee Print, Burma 2006 Monica Denevan studied photography at San Francisco State University. She has travelled extensivel...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

Giclée

Merayun - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Merayun, a Rendille woman from northern Kenya in 2019. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken wi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Swan in Car Limited Edition Photograph by Getty Images Gallery, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
April, 6 1936: A tame swan named Leila is given a lift in the back of a car. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
Category

1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Steve Wood Grooming Freddie Mercury Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
Rock singer and frontman Freddie Mercury (Frederick Bulsara, 1946 - 1991), of the popular British group Queen, has his moustache groomed. (Photo by Steve Wood...
Category

1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Rendille Moran at Nyiru by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this stunning Rendille moran (warrior) in the shade of trees near the base of Mount Nyiru. Spring waters, flowing from the huge mountain plateau above, ensure year-round greenery in this area of great aridity. The morans of both the Rendille and the Samburu wear beautifully ornate necklaces. Each design is specific to warriors within a clan and to a time in history (the ‘age-set’ that a young man enters after circumcision). The necklace thus identities his group and places him in the chronology of his tribe. A tribal elder can look at a warrior’s necklace...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Baragoi by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount.
Located in Coltishall, GB
The town of Baragoi is half a day’s drive from Lake Turkana. It is a green oasis amidst a parched landscape. The majority of the town’s inhabitants, including this striking woman, ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Baragoi Large by John Kenny , C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
The town of Baragoi is half a day’s drive from Lake Turkana. It is a green oasis amidst a parched landscape. The majority of the town’s inhabitants, including this striking woman, ar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Samburu Shepherd by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face
Located in Coltishall, GB
Every Friday the highest mountain pass in northern Kenya comes alive as its normally wind-battered and deserted shacks become the focus of a market. It is the only place in West Samburu where Pokot and Samburu tribal groups are able to meet in a tense and uneasy truce. From a cliff top, looking out over northern Kenya’s rugged scenery, a nervous Samburu trader pointed at small moving objects...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Samburu Shepherd by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Every Friday the highest mountain pass in northern Kenya comes alive as its normally wind-battered and deserted shacks become the focus of a market. It is the only place in West Samburu where Pokot and Samburu tribal groups are able to meet in a tense and uneasy truce. From a cliff top, looking out over northern Kenya’s rugged scenery, a nervous Samburu trader pointed at small moving objects...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Rendille Radiance by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face
Located in Coltishall, GB
This enchanting Rendille lady is from a large village in the Kaisut Desert in northern Kenya. She was living in one of the ‘purest’ parts of the Rendille homeland, where their langua...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Rendille Radiance by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
This enchanting Rendille lady is from a large village in the Kaisut Desert in northern Kenya. She was living in one of the ‘purest’ parts of the Rendille homeland, where their langua...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Turkana Girl of Loiyangalani by John Kenny, C-type Print with acrylic face mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this girl from the Turkana community of Loiyangalani very near to the shores of Lake Turkana. She was walking with her head covered to provide some...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Las Curvas by James Sparshatt - Photograph - Gelatin Print with Wood Frame, 2004
Located in Coltishall, GB
A girl at one with the rhythm of her guitar in Holguín, Cuba. James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the rhythm of the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lemoroko by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Mount.
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met Lemoroko, a Rendille moran (warrior), in the southern reaches of the Rendille homeland, on the boundary of the neighbouring Samburu District. He had a striking, chiselled appea...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Lemoroko by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Mount,
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met Lemoroko, a Rendille moran (warrior), in the southern reaches of the Rendille homeland, on the boundary of the neighbouring Samburu District. He had a striking, chiselled appea...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Acuan - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Acuan, a Turkana man from northern Kenya in 2019. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with na...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Lemarleni - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Lemarleni, a Samburu man from northern Kenya in 2019. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken wit...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Lemarleni - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Lemarleni, a Samburu man from northern Kenya in 2019. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken wit...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Lemarleni - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Lemarleni, a Samburu man from northern Kenya in 2019. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken wit...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Madina - Photograph by John Kenny, C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
A portrait of Madina, a Gabbra woman from northern Kenya in 2019. John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Swan in Car Limited Edition Photograph by Getty Images Gallery, 30x40
Located in San Rafael, CA
April, 6 1936: A tame swan named Leila is given a lift in the back of a car. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
Category

1930s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Loha by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
This portrait of Loha, a ‘Naga’ sadhu, was taken in Pashupatinath, one of Hinduism’s holiest sites. Lord Pashupatinath is a manifestation of Lord Shiva and the name translates to ‘protector of the animals’. Naga sadhus cover themselves in ash and typically wander naked from head to toe. John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust. John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life. The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Loha by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
This portrait of Loha, a ‘Naga’ sadhu, was taken in Pashupatinath, one of Hinduism’s holiest sites. Lord Pashupatinath is a manifestation of Lord Shiva and the name translates to ‘protector of the animals’. Naga sadhus cover themselves in ash and typically wander naked from head to toe. John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust. John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life. The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Loha by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
This portrait of Loha, a ‘Naga’ sadhu, was taken in Pashupatinath, one of Hinduism’s holiest sites. Lord Pashupatinath is a manifestation of Lord Shiva and the name translates to ‘protector of the animals’. Naga sadhus cover themselves in ash and typically wander naked from head to toe. John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust. John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life. The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Parvati by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
A beautiful Meghwal girl from the edges of the white desert, the Rann of Kutch, an arid area bordering Pakistan in the far West of India. John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust. John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life. The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Parvati by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
A beautiful Meghwal girl from the edges of the white desert, the Rann of Kutch, an arid area bordering Pakistan in the far West of India. John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust. John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life. The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Parvati by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
A beautiful Meghwal girl from the edges of the white desert, the Rann of Kutch, an arid area bordering Pakistan in the far West of India. John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust. John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life. The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Kashi by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print.
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this Sadhu with such kind eyes in Kashi (another name for Varanasi) on one of the chaotic ghats. We tried and failed to take the portrait as crowds and sacred cows constantly...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Kashi by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this Sadhu with such kind eyes in Kashi (another name for Varanasi) on one of the chaotic ghats. We tried and failed to take the portrait as crowds and sacred cows constantly streamed between us. Fortunately a group of young boat-hands gave up their relatively sheltered corner of the ghat, where they had been gambling over cards, to give us five minutes of calm space. John uses simple natural light and builds primitive makeshift studios from locally acquired white sheets! The suffuse light allows him to capture a remarkable level of detail. His subjects calm demeanor belies the reality of harsh arid winds, extreme temperatures and dust. John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in tradional ways of life. The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Ramji Bhagu by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this Sadhu with such kind eyes in Kashi (another name for Varanasi) on one of the chaotic ghats. We tried and failed to take the portrait as crowds and sacred cows constantly...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

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