Tayo Adekunle
Reclamation of the Exposition
Tayo Adekunle’s work explores the commodification, fetishization and sexualisation of the black female body, specifically through the human displays in ethnographic expositions in the 18th and 19th centuries. The work is influenced by ethnographic photographs which were circulated as pornography. Black (and other racial minority) bodies were photographed either naked in front of a white background, stripped of their identity, or surrounded by random tropical plants to make the photographs seem authentic. Using self-portraiture and digital collage whilst reworking Prince Roland Napoleon Bonaparte’s photographic collection ‘Boshimans et Hottentots’, the works combine the contemporary with historic ways of being seen. Referencing her Nigerian heritage, Adekunle explores the relationship between the past and present ways the black female body is treated.
Tayo Adekunle • Amber Brown • Louise Burns • Lucy Fradley • Aayushi Gupta • Anna Hunter • Serina Ma • Lottie Nadeau • Amy Witney Scholes •
Bath Spa University
BA (Hons) Photography
Blackpool School of Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
Arts University Bournemouth
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Chester
BA (Hons) Photography
University for the Creative Arts
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University Centre Colchester School of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
Coventry University
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University Of Cumbria
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IADT Dun Laoghaire
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Edinburgh College of Art
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Edinburgh College
BA Professional Photography
Edinburgh Napier University
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Falmouth University
BA (Hons) Fashion Photography
City of Glasgow College
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University of Gloucestershire
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Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media
Hereford College of Arts
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University of Huddersfield
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Leeds Arts University
BA (Hons) Photography
Limerick School of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Photography, Film and Video
Lincoln University
BA (Hons) Photography
London College of Communication
BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography
London Metropolitan University
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Manchester School of Art
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Middlesex University
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National College of Art and Design
Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
The Northern School of Art
BA (Hons) Commercial Photography
Open College of the Arts
BA (Hons) Photography
Pearse College of Further Education
QQI Level 5 & 6 Photography
Plymouth College of Art
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University of Plymouth
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography / BA (Hons) Photography
University of Portsmouth
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Sheffield Hallam University
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University of South Wales
BA (Hons) Photography
University of South Wales
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography
University of Suffolk
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TU Dublin
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Ulster University
BA (Hons) Photography with Video
University of Westminster
BA (Hons) Photography