random goodness, 7/22

Screenshot from Pieter Hugo’s web site
PHOTOGRAPHY: Africa as you’ve never seen it.

Hugo is one of a new generation of savvy young photographers who have emerged from post-apartheid South Africa with work that challenges our preconceptions about their country. Alongside the likes of Guy Tillim and the young Magnum photographer Mikhael Subotsky, Hugo represents what might be called a new photographic consciousness as regards the representation of Africa to the West.

[via Conscientious]

Screen shot from Mobolaji’s Dawodu’s portfolio site
FASHION: Mobolaji Dawodu: Stylist. Nigerian-born, NYC-based Dawodu is a contributing style editor at The Fader magazine (and frequently stylist for Andrew Dosunmu and Marc Baptiste). He is also an up and coming designer.

Screenshot from Studio Museum of Harlem web site
GO SEE: KEHINDE WILEY: THE WORLD STAGE: AFRICA LAGOS~DAKAR currently showing at the Studio Museum in Harlem.

Wiley is known for his stylized paintings of young, urban African-American men in poses borrowed from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European figurative paintings, a practice he started in the early 2000s while an artist in residence at the Studio Museum. Over the last two years, Wiley has expanded his project by living and working abroad; he temporarily relocates to different countries and opens satellite studios to become familiar with local culture, history and art. His “The World Stage” series is the result of these travels.

New York Times slideshow of Jamel Shabbazz’ images
PHOTOGRAPHY: Chronicle of Urban Life: More Jamel Shabbazz goodness.

New York Times slideshow of Alix Dejean’s images
PHOTOGRAPHY: Harlem Lens. Haitian-born, Brooklyn resident Alix Dejean has been taking pictures of Harlem’s residents for decades.

Screenshot of “Empire Strikes Back” images
FASHION: The Empire Strikes Black: Part-time Malindi resident Naomi Campbell shoot around New York City with photographer Mario Sorrenti for V magazine. [via ffffound]