The Mentalyst
- Style Biblio
- Sep 22, 2017
- 1 min read
Inspired by his everyday experiences, Kenyan Photographer and Filmmaker Trevor Maingi is telling stories through portrait photography. Born and raised in Nairobi Kenya, Trevor started his career in Aerospace and software engineering, far from the person-centric creativity he explores today. "
“A people’s art is the genesis of their freedom.” - Claudia Jones, 1959
How does the world perceive us? Who writes the narratives that shape us? Centuries of inequality have resulted in countless debasing effigies of Blackness. With modern communications levelling the playing field and today’s creative black talent standing on the shoulders of icons who went before, we are on the cusp of a cultural coup d’état.
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