Jan Hoek / New ways of photographing the New Masai

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Jan Hoek / New ways of photographing the New MasaiThe Masais are always photographed the same: jumping in nature while wearing traditional outfits and jewelry, almost like a group of animals. But more and more Masai start to live in towns and buy their first Nikes and put mobile phones in their stretched ears. Together with seven urban Masai Jan Hoek tried to find a new way to photograph the new Masai.

In the initial phase of his creative process he is a deliberately ‘bad’ photographer

We are forced to wonder about the underlying histories of the various abandoned structures

It discusses the position of a photographer when creating new work

urban and natural landscapes

This questioning of traditional classifications paves the way for a new perspective: one where alterity is renewed

Maes has designed biodegradable refugee camps

Italian artist Luca Massaro has been building a solid body of work on ‘the invisible space that separates an image from its caption

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For example

Wietse Bryon

but not the usual kind

The project also highlights aircraft spotters who document planes with precision