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Behind the Lens: An Interview with Kat Grudko on Opening Their Own Studio

“I wanted to create a space where people feel seen, celebrated, and empowered through photography.”

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The Liminal Allure of the Countryside

"Everything hums in a slow rhythm, calling you back to the child you once were."

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The Collective Trauma of Being Seen by the Other

This is the collective trauma of being seen by the other, “the other” here meaning non-African audiences, particularly from the West.

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Photography as Meditation: A Walk with No Destination

Photography becomes a form of prayer, a pause in the relentless flow of life, a means to hold space for myself when the world feels overwhelming and chaotic.

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The Hero’s Path

"There is no greater battle than the one we fight with ourselves, with our shadows."

Sankara Yambo 5/12/25 Sankara Yambo 5/12/25

Immortalised in Print: Celebrating Afrocentric Visual Narratives

“keep engaging with African art—as a vital way to counter the ongoing issues of representation and bias”

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DID YOU GET A PHOTO?

In real life, when you’re in it, a photo is the last thing on your mind.

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Consistency

Just keep walking, and the path will form behind you.

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A Photographer in real Life

There’s no “real life” waiting to happen. Life is happening ‘right now’.

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A “good” photo

"I learned to appreciate photography as a spiritual act because the result is so subtle that it often goes beyond what the author himself can understand."

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Finding Space.

Slowly a community begins to build around me, filled with encouragement and support. Collaborations and partnerships are built, it indeed does take a village, I have come to learn."

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The Power of Appreciation

Appreciation guides us to what truly matters

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The Artist as the Art- The creation of Self Portraiture.

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A Night at Zeitz MOCAA by Sankara Yambo

"Can we build new structures that don’t simply replicate old biases but instead celebrate the vast richness of our shared humanity?"

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Kibra Unseen: Shaping the Narrative through Our Lenses by Ramadhan Karali

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Why SETO? by Jose Contreras

Seto was created for this very reason, to play a role in that game, carrying all that pain and new experience in my DNA, carrying new energies in my backpack of life, waiting for the moment to show the world that not all is lost.