Ones to Watch 2019: Shuwei Liu
Fearing he was going blind, Shuwei Liu, nominated by Maria Teresa Salvati, felt compelled to make life-affirming work based around the colour blue
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Ones to Watch 2019: Nydia Blas
Nydia Blas, nominated by Peggy Sue Amison, artistic director of the East Wing in Doha, pushes the boundaries around how black women are perceived
Ones to Watch: Mous Lamrabat
Merging Moroccan heritage with Western cues, Mous Lamrabat, nominated by Vogue Italia’s Chiara Bardelli Nonino, creates images rich in wit and colour
Ones to Watch 2019: Kyle Weeks
Kyle Weeks, nominated by Vogue Italia’s Chiara Bardelli Nonino, crosses genres to portray masculinity and the African body
Ones to Watch 2019: Gabriella Demczuk
Gabriella Demczuk, nominated by photographer and editor Laurence Butet-Roch, reflects the mood of a nation with her noir-like political series in the US
Ones to Watch 2019: Alessandro Bo
Alessandro Bo, nominated by photographer Ana Casas Broda, finds a mythical concept of fantasy in his native Mexico
Ones to Watch 2019: Karolina Wojtas
Karolina Wojtas, nominated by Rafal Milach, takes a colourful, chaotic approach to the subjects of childhood and education in Poland
Ones to Watch 2019: Alejandro Cegarra
Each year, British Journal of Photography presents its Ones To Watch – a selection of 19 emerging image-makers, chosen from a list of nearly 750 nominations. Collectively, they provide a window into where photography is heading, at least in the eyes of the curators, editors, agents, festival producers and photographers we invited to nominate. Every weekend throughout May, BJP-online is sharing profiles of the 19 photographers, originally published in the magazine. Discover more here. In 2014, Alejandro Cegarra collected both the Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award and the Ian Parry Scholarship on the back of his photoessay, The other side of the tower, shot while he was just starting out as a photojournalist, filling in on Venezuela’s foremost newspaper. It portrayed the lives of some 2000 families who live among the unfinished ruins of a 45-floor skyscraper in his home town, Caracas, an “emblematic symbol of the city” and the country’s downward-spiralling economic crisis. His star has been on the rise ever since, taking him on assignment to Haiti, Cuba and Mexico, with commissions for The Sunday Times, Bloomberg Businessweek andThe …
Ones to Watch 2019: Dustin Thierry
Dustin Thierry – nominated by Erik Vroons of GUP Magazine – gives voice to those who share his Afro-Carribean heritage in his adopted Dutch homeland
Ones to Watch 2019: Seunggu Kim
Each year, British Journal of Photography presents its Ones To Watch – a selection of 19 emerging image-makers, chosen from a list of nearly 750 nominations. Collectively, they provide a window into where photography is heading, at least in the eyes of the curators, editors, agents, festival producers and photographers we invited to nominate. Every weekend throughout May, BJP-online is sharing profiles of the 19 photographers, originally published in the magazine. Discover more here. “My work is an expression of the idea of the ‘instant culture’ that you can see in the leisure spaces of Seoul,” says South Korean photographer Seunggu Kim, referencing the intensity of urban living and the clamour of its inhabitants to find pockets for relaxation in a city where there is no time and no space. “The country’s nickname is ‘Dynamic Korea’, the expression that reveals the people’s style of behaviour is ‘pali-pali’ [fast-fast], and the typical keyword for Korea, I think, is ‘efficiency’,” says Kim, who has lived there all his life, completing his master’s at the Korea National University of …
