Abigail Ekue Photography
Portrait, Editorial, Art, Nude Photography. For Hire. New York City.
Black in Black and White
Exhibit signage, Black in Black and White, Seven House Gallery
Black in Black and White
A Fine Art Photography Exhibit by Abigail Ekue
Exhibition on View September 24 - October 14, 2024
Seven House Gallery, 35 Meadow St, Brooklyn, NY 11206
OPENING RECEPTION
September 28, 2024, 6 - 9 PM
PRESS PREVIEW (by invitation)
September 24 - 25, 11 AM - 5 PM
Black in Black and White exhibit installation (partial view)
Abigail Ekue Photography presents the first exhibit of her fine art portrait series Black in Black and White. The ongoing series features Black creatives and visionaries in dynamic black and white portraits. What started out as a personal project intended for Instagram during Black History Month has grown into this first large-scale exhibit of 48 portraits featuring Black artists, artisans and creatives from various disciplines ranging from music, film, publishing as well as fellow photographers. The people featured are all active in their chosen creative fields; fields plural due to multidimensions and varied interests which lead to multi-hyphenate thriving artists.
B&W photography is a timeless medium to display the array of Blackness that exists in the diaspora. The tactile quality of B&W photography also makes it a great medium to display the richness and beauty of the subjects' features. The white background creates a high contrast to the subject. Everything is stripped away and we're left with the subject and their story.
“The Right Shot”; “The Original Platinum Blonde”; “black.”; Black in Black and White, Abigail Ekue Photography, 2020
Abigail Ekue, Photographer, Curator (self portrait)
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Abigail Ekue, born and raised New Yorker of Jamaican and Nigerian descent, is a portrait photographer and curator focusing on gender, representation, and body neutrality. She is the photographer behind the Bare Men series, her claim to fame since 2012. She’s been twice commissioned to photograph everyday New Yorkers for the Community Heroes public art project. Abigail also brings her conversational and candid style to portraits through editorial, red carpet and lifestyle photography. Her work has been published in PAPER, The Huffington Post, Time Out New York, L'Oeil de la Photographie, WideWalls, Refinery29, YourTango, The Naked and the Lens (2nd Edition), along with numerous international publications.
In 2019, she made her curatorial debut with Bare Men: The Group Show. Abigail Ekue Photography has been exhibited in the Museum of the City of New York, Houston Center for Photography, Erotic Heritage Museum (Las Vegas), Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (Bronx, NY), BKhz Gallery (Johannesburg), B&W Athens Photography Festival (Athens, Greece) and The Studio Door (San Diego). Ekue's work has been cited in graduate thesis on vulnerable masculinity, design in independent pornographic publishing, and research on the differences in the depiction of males versus females in fashion photography. Abigail also curates and leads private excursions and photo walks throughout NYC through her company, Native Creative Concierge. https://www.abigailekuephotography.com/about-abigail/
Event photography by Sade Fasanya and Bre Johnson
EXHIBIT CONTACT:
abigail@abigailekue.com
The Black in Black and White exhibit is made possible by generous support from Rod Hochman.