photos from my time at Benrido Atelier in Kyoto back in January. I miss Kyoto, the food was so good and I went to so many temples. I didn't even visit anywhere else I just stayed in Kyoto the whole residency.
If you’re in Kyoto, stop by @huko_kyoto to check out my solo exhibition. Big thanks to @o.yamamoto_collotype for the amazing collotypes. The Hariban Award portal is open now—definitely consider applying if you’re interested.
Earlier this month, “On the Flip Side” took its final bow, leaving us all subtly rewired. Across @JCDecauxna shelters, six visionary photographers (Kennedi Carter, Lougè Delcy, Camila Falquez, Ruby Okoro, Dana Scruggs, and Juan Veloz) turned everyday ad spaces into portals for something slower, softer, and more searching.
Known for shaping visual culture at scale, these artists flipped the script bringing their personal practices into public view with reflections on identity, place, and our shared future.
Miss it already? So do we! You can revisit the exhibition on website or our @bloombergconnects Guide.
🎥: @SandenWolff
京都市の町屋ギャラリー「風光」でケネディ・カーターの個展を4/26まで開催中。とても風情のある建物に静かに佇む８点のコロタイププリントと映像作品を是非ご覧ください。
ジョージア州とサウスカロライナ州シーアイランド諸島に根ざしたガラ・ギーチー文化を視覚的に探求したものである。ガラ・ギーチーは、奴隷にされた西アフリカ・中央アフリカ出身者の子孫であり、孤立と強靭さで、言語、精神性、そして文化的伝統を守ってきた。地域特有の湿地、水田、海岸の風景は、自然の美しさと神秘性に満ち、文化と生態系の揺るぎない強さを体現する。儀式、フードゥー、そして呪術の実践を写し、祖先の記憶と精神的信仰が、人々、土地、そして海との神聖な関係をどのように支え、そして文化の変容、気候変動、歴史的混乱に直面しながらも、どのように抵抗と再生の手段として機能し続けているかを考察している。
Kennedi Carter at Fuko
We are currently holding a solo exhibition of Kennedi Carter's work. Please come and see the eight collotype prints and one short film quietly nestled in the picturesque building.
This work is a visual exploration of the Gala Gheechi culture rooted in the Sea Islands of Georgia and South Carolina. The Gala Gheechi are descendants of enslaved people from West and Central Africa, who have preserved their language, spirituality, and cultural traditions through isolation and resilience. The region's unique wetlands, rice paddies, and coastal landscapes are full of natural beauty and mystery, embodying the unwavering strength of the culture and ecosystem. Depicting rituals, hoodoo, and magical practices, the work examines how ancestral memory and spiritual beliefs support a sacred relationship with people, land, and sea, and how they continue to function as a means of resistance and regeneration in the face of cultural transformation, climate change, and historical upheaval.
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Photographer Kennedi Carter (@internetbby ) takes part in the next Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer Lecture on March 18 at 6.30PM ET, in conversation with Adraint Khadafhi Bereal (@adraintbereal ).
Carter will reflect on the throughlines of intracommunal safety and Black interiority that shape her practice, tracing how these ideas move through her work.
Born in Charlottesville, Virginia and raised in Durham, North Carolina, Carter is a digital media–based artist who uses photography and archiving to highlight both the aesthetics and sociopolitical dimensions of Black life, foregrounding the overlooked beauty of the Black experience.
Bereal, an artist from Waco, Texas now based in New York, works across photography, design, and publishing to examine how systems of representation shape identity and American culture.
Join us in person at ICP on the Lower East Side or online. Tickets are available via the link in bio.
ICP members receive free access to Public Programs throughout the year.
Images: Kennedi Carter
in honor of atlas 4th birthday I figured I would share what I wrote in his birthday card <3
“the other day I was in my car listening to ‘like a star’ by corrine bailey rae & found myself moved to tears. though it is a song with a romantic core — I couldn’t help but find myself thinking about you. the song details how it feels to have a person come into your life & things are never the same again, in the best way. corrine imagines her soul a black sky and the person who came into her life is an unmistakable shooting star. you are that shooting star — to myself and to so many people. you bring immense joy to everyone, and you are so unintentionally funny that our loved ones use your pictures as memes haha!
as corrine bailey rae sings wistfully “honor to love you”. it’s an honor to be your mom, it’s an honor to love you & to be loved by you. you have changed me and the scope of my purpose permanently. thank you.”
happy birthday to my shooting star xoxo
folk hero, 2025
I was commissioned by the Public Art Fund @publicartfund to create a photograph that will be exhibited on bus shelters for the exhibition “On The Flip” curated by Jenée Strand @jeneedaria
These bus shelters will be located in northern cities—New York City, Chicago, and Boston. I wanted to craft an image that embodies a Southern tone, reflecting my origins as an artist born, raised, and currently living in the South. My recent project “The Water Bring We, The Water Wanna Take We Back” is rooted in conjure, myth-making, and the spiritual traditions of the sea islands.
The photograph I created draws inspiration from folk legends and explores the interactions between the physical realm and the spirit world.
A key visual reference was a screengrab from the film ‘To Sleep with Anger’ which tells the story of a family in California who encounter a trickster spirit embodied by a Southern drifter named Harry, played by Danny Glover. Harry speaks in parables and sows seeds of discord within the family. In one scene, he hypnotizes a chicken by tracing a line from its beak to the ground before he attempts to kill it. This interaction raised questions for me about what happens to a chicken once it is given as an offering.
The chicken serves as a messenger between the physical and spiritual realms, symbolizing protection across various Black diasporic traditions. This photograph imagines the journey of the chicken’s spirit once it crosses over, exploring what unfolds as it delivers its message.
I hope the image serves as a window into Southern living, inviting viewers in these cities above the Mason-Dixon to engage with the the South through the lens of folklore. The fact that this image will be displayed on bus shelters resonates with me, as I perceive folklore as a vehicle for closed spiritual practices that connect the diaspora & protect our histories from erasure.
So honored I got to speak in depth about the work and exhibit alongside an amazing group of image makers.
‘folk hero’ commissioned by public art fund — thank you @jeneedaria & @publicartfund
praying for this work to function as a portal in Boston, New York, & Chicago. catch it at a bus shelter near you — if you encounter the work in the wild don’t hesitate to send me a photo!
