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Exploring how photography can ensure Black people are remembered in the fullness of their humanity. Essays, conversations, criticism and long form photography. Seeing differently.

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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 24/09/2026
Leica’s Updated iPhone Camera App Has a Look Made By Steve McCurry petapixel.com/2026/09/24/l...
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Leica's Updated iPhone Camera App Has a Look Made By Steve McCurry
Huge update to the Leica mobile photography ecosystem.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 09/09/2026
Paula, looking at the negatives brought a huge smile to my face. There's something special about looking at an image without the need for a screen.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 07/09/2026
How much of the way you see is actually yours? Before you raise the camera, you’ve already been taught what is worth noticing, what looks important and what makes a “good” photograph. Where does your way of seeing come from? I’ve been thinking about this in my latest essay: t.co/lkiONKh4Gl
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 31/08/2026
This is one of the best reflections I've read into a long time. A growth mindset is critical to success in life and photography.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 24/12/2025
Before bread and wine, there is water 📸 + words by me. www.shaunconnellphoto.com/before-bread...
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Before bread and wine, there is water.
Nationhood: Memory and Hope is a new photography exhibition that celebrates the diversity of the UK today. Visit it now at Impressions Gallery, Bradford.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 22/12/2025
There are two kinds of photography lovers. Those with a copy of my new zine. And those about to grab one. shaunconnellphoto.bigcartel.com/product/near...
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Near The Cross: Nationhood and Hope Zine
Limited first edition (200 copies) photography zine from Bradford. 8 monochrome images plus reflection on faith, loss, resilience and belonging....
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 07/10/2025
Mark! Thank you. Without doubt photography lovers should make space for this in their collection of zines and books.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 06/10/2025
Thank you, Marie.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 06/10/2025
Born from the exhibition Nationhood: Memory and Hope, Near the Cross is a limited edition zine of faith, memory and belonging. 100 copies only. UK shipping. Pre-order now. shaunconnellphoto.bigcartel.com/product/near...
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Near the Cross: Nationhood and Hope Zine
Pre-order is now open for the first 100 copies of Near the Cross. Near the Cross is a self-published photography zine created in dialogue with the...
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 31/08/2025
This is #photography
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 31/08/2025
I miss the Caribbean sunshine, food + culture.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 31/08/2025
Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 06/07/2025
I understand now why this moment pulled me in. While framing the image, something stirred, a memory of the old Constable print that hung in my grandma’s house. Quietly, it surfaced. Unconscious, but not forgotten.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 05/07/2025
Bradford, Yorkshire. Home town joy.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 28/06/2025
You should read this
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 27/06/2025
Dominoes is more than a game. For the Windrush generation + their descendants. It's a gateway that bridges generations, blends cultures, + echoes the rhythm of home on foreign soil.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 25/06/2025
Sung by those photographers who twist light, blur truth + call it art. The anthem of the gaslighter behind the lens: I’m the shutter-shaker, story-fabricator I’m the truth-eraser, focus-manipulator I’m a gaslighter, slick gaslighter You’re the subject, warped exposure.
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a black and white photo of a man in an american flag sweater .
ALT: a black and white photo of a man in an american flag sweater .
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 21/06/2025
Fundraiser Mongi + Kuda led worship at their fundraiser ahead of October’s Cambodia mission trip building wells, toilets, renovating a church + more. Every donation helps cover travel, food + insurance. Support here: www.gofundme.com/f/kuda-mongi...
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 06/06/2025
I dislike the 280 character limit per post on this app. Please triple it.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 28/05/2025
My last view of Jamaica. Land we love. Tourists arrive free. Windrush left with no return. Cruise ships dock. Migrant boats are blocked. Souvenir shops sell island life but not Marcus Garvey. The colonial era is over, but its passport still decides who gets welcome.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 27/05/2025
This is #photography
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Photography by Alfie Goodrich @alfie.photography · 27/05/2025
I'd urge anyone who can to watch this documentary. As a young man, I read a lot about the Vietnam War. As I've got older, too. This documentary lays it out in a way I'd not experienced before. The way it dovetails into the now is powerful. www.netflix.com/title/81756795
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Watch Turning Point: The Vietnam War | Netflix Official Site
This thought-provoking documentary series examines the harrowing consequences of the Vietnam War, from the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the fall of Saigon.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 27/05/2025
Revolution doesn’t always wear a slogan. Sometimes it sounds like dominoes slapping wood and a story told over rum. The rum shop is a classroom. A confessional. A strategy room in disguise. Freedom dreams live here. Ask Robin D.G. Kelley.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 26/05/2025
Dominoes is more than a game. In Jamaica, it's strategy, rhythm and resistance. You don’t choose your hand, you choose how you play it. As Robin D. G. Kelley says, even play is political. In dominoes, Black joy becomes memory, mastery and freedom.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 11/05/2025
Prayer is less about miracles + more about recognising our shared vulnerability + hope. In naming another’s struggle, we often uncover our own. To pray for someone is to honour their humanity + in doing so, affirm our own.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 11/05/2025
That's a great song to include on any soundtrack.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 10/05/2025
In that moment, a song of worship filled the air. If I had to offer a song now, it would be one from The Preacher’s Wife. It feels most fitting for this moment of reflection. I love the Lord He heard my cry And pitied every groan Long as I, I live And troubles rise I'll hasten to His throne
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 07/05/2025
As the season draws its final breath, the faithful in Bradford lift their voices to a hard-earned ascent to Division 1. And in that chorus of triumph, comes the chant that binds them: And it's Bradford City, Bradford City FC, We're by far the greatest team, The world has ever seen.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 04/05/2025
Wi likkle but wi tallawah. Some truths don’t need to be shouted. If you’ve lived them, you’ll recognise them in life, in photography + in this short essay. Peace + love to @andrewjackson.bsky.social This is #photography. www.theblkgze.com/all/wi-likkl...
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Wi likkle but wi tallawah
A critical inquiry into visual sovereignty, refusal and reparation in photography rooted in Jamaican culture.
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Duquann Sweeney @duquannsweeney.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
A white woman is receiving donations after her racist outburst. This is America. -Deep Sigh-
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 03/05/2025
Everything was shown so plainly, to deny it is to deny your own humanity. So again, I ask you: What do you see? And what might it demand of you? Sit with it. Then speak. www.theblkgze.com/essay/what-g...
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What Gordon Parks Saw
In one quiet frame from 1956, Gordon Parks captures Black childhood with tender defiance. The image doesn’t shout, it waits to be seen.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 27/04/2025
Documenting the Ordinary. The Radical Power of Everyday Black Moments www.theblkgze.com/essay/docume...
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Documenting the Ordinary
Discover why documenting everyday Black life is a powerful act of resistance, care and storytelling for future generations.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 26/04/2025
Good morning, good people. Today is the last day to see Nationhood: Memory and Hope at @ImpGalleryPhoto. I'll be there to meet + greet visitors before waving it off. The next stop for the exhibition is Belfast Exposed, from 5 June to 11 July. This is #photography
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 23/04/2025
Black photographers! I want to hear from you. theBLKGZE Q&A series is a space to reflect on your practice, influences and lived experience through 6 thoughtful questions. Your voice matters. Your work matters. Submit your answers + 4 images to be featured. www.theblkgze.com/contribute-t...
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Contribute to the Q&A
This is your space to reflect, express and speak freely. The questions below invite you to share your journey as a Black photographer. This is about your practice, your influences, your hopes and your...
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 23/04/2025
Rob, thank you for your kind words, support, + co-conspirator actions.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 23/04/2025
Thank you, Marie!
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 23/04/2025
Mark! Thank you for your kind words + share.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 22/04/2025
You’ve seen the image. But do you know the story behind it? A powerful portrait. A deeper truth. Read the backstory. www.theblkgze.com/my-peoples/s...
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Shaun Connell
There are photographs you take because of light or timing or luck. And then there are the ones that take hold of you. This is that photo for me. It’s a portrait of my mum. My only parent. A single mo...
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 18/04/2025
"The photographer makes the photographs. The curator makes the exhibition." See Nationhood: Memory and Hope at Impressions Gallery, Bradford. Open until 26 April. This is #photography that remembers.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 15/04/2025
Mr Chops. The man behind the drums. The heartbeat in the room. The pulse that carried us higher. Presence like no other. Energy that moved through bodies and bone. Musicianship that left the ordinary far behind. Band: TC and The Groove Family
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 14/04/2025
This is #photography
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 14/04/2025
Screens are for scrolling. Galleries are for slowing down. Nationhood: Memory and Hope is now showing at Impressions Gallery, Bradford. On until 26 April. See these images the way they were meant to be seen. This is #photography.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 08/04/2025
This is #photography
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 31/03/2025
Think before you speak. Read before you think. – Fran Lebowitz
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 29/03/2025
I think it's fair to say this product carries a healthy profit margin.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 29/03/2025
I'm on an overloaded train full of football fans. Still, it's a good day.
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 08/03/2025
Life is a song, sing it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a dream, realise it. Life is a sacrifice, offer it. Life is love, enjoy it – Sai Baba
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theBLKGZE @theblkgze.com · 07/03/2025
I recently delivered my first artist talk for the Nationhood: Memory and Hope exhibition at Impressions Gallery, Bradford. This was a brilliant + fun experience that you can now enjoy. L Listen in + share your thoughts + feedback. m.soundcloud.com/user-7097315...
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Nationhood: Artists in Conversation
Stream Nationhood: Artists in Conversation by Impressions Gallery on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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