Familial gaze: the black photographers drawing on their family albums
by Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5E0BR)
A global selection of artists are all seeking inspiration in images related to their own pasts
Gabriel Moses regularly flicked through his family photo albums as he grew up in south London. Shot by a local photographer, the images are simple snapshots that capture his Nigerian family at home in Catford.
You could see that there's a lot of personality in the images," he says. You can feel that there's a lot of energy and for me now as a photographer that's what I want to produce for my generation."
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