The Q&A is open to Black photographers across all genres, ages and genders. If you would like to take part then we would love to hear from you.
The term Black gaze signifies to me that I’m unapologetically Black… When one learns the Black gaze for themselves, they’re purposely allowing their presence to be seen, heard and challenged, with or without prejudice.
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To me the Black gaze is when people are surprised and/or shocked I’m not a wedding photographer.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong being a wedding photographer but all Black photographers aren’t.
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The Black Gaze means looking at Black subjects with kindness, empathy and nuance. It means that as Black people we can be seen as we truly are and not with preconceived notions of who we are. It’s important because images are powerful.
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To me, the Black gaze means to see and understand through Black eyes. To read and listen. To comprehend, not to respond.
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For me the Black gaze means seeing and telling my own stories myself, changing the western perspectives of us, it matters because I live these stories, I am these stories, I am in the right place to tell them.
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We often hear about the issue of “the White gaze” and so I think of Black gaze as the answer to that. Just this year, we’ve started to see Black photographers like Kennedi Carter and AB+DM Studio shoot major magazine covers. This year. We’re JUST now seeing these firsts at Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ.
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To me, the Black gaze means exactly what it sounds like – seeing things from a Black point of view (which is not monolithic) and with regards to photography, in a way that attempts to shed as much as possible of the colonialism that is inherent to the practice.
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The Black gaze to me means directing the focus of the world on to the Black creatives and showcasing the talents and versatility of black creatives.
It is important because there’s not enough representation of black creatives and we need to start pushing out ourselves to the world.
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To me, the black gaze is one of the many gazes on the margins of photography’s history so far and the margins of mainstream western art institutions.
The black gaze in particular is one that is also a vital means through which black people are able to represent our cultures and understandings of the world.
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