"Q&A - Q for Queer, A for Africa - A Visual Celebration of LGBTQI+ People Throughout Africa"

recently embarked on a journey to photograph LGBTQI+ people living in different corners of the African continent. My main purpose with this series was not to portray African queer people in a victimised or somber light like they usually are portrayed in most media. Instead, I wanted to celebrate and empower them through portraits that were more artistic, abstract and intimate. I’ve consciously taken on a personal mission to use photography to highlight the beauty of Afro-communities and other marginalised groups that I feel inspired by and connected to. Portraiture that celebrates and not only documents. For the first part of this series I visited three countries in East Africa - Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania. It is no secret that homosexuality is a highly controversial subject in most of the continent, but I was lucky enough to encounter some fresh young queer voices who were not afraid to expose their faces in public and be part of this series. Featured on Hunter Magazine https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/a-visual-celebration-of-the-lgbtqi-community-throughout-africa/