The
Artist
David Uzochukwu
Nominated in
2020
By
British Journal of Photography
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David Uzochukwu (b. 1998) is an Austrian-Nigerian photographer. He delved into self portraiture in his teenage years. His work speaks on resilience and belonging: digitally reconfigured landscapes become a refuge for both strong and vulnerable bodies.
Uzochukwu has previously exhibited at Bozar (BE), Lagos Photo Festival (NG), Off Biennale Dakar (SN), Photo Vogue Festival (IT), and Unseen Amsterdam (NL). He currently studies philosophy in Berlin.
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Portfolio: David Uzochukwu
Uzochukwu pursues fantastical, raw, and queer visuals. He focusses on the visual potential of color, and is driven by questions of resilience and placelessness. Whether he himself or others are subject of his image, he often centers naked bodies in a digitally dissolved space - prioritizing transformation of a given environment over traditional concepts of time and place. His protagonists morph through nature, post production, and performance, until they strip down to an universal core.
David Uzochukwu
British Journal of Photography
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