I have the kind of presence that doesn't sustain itself in the memory of others
July 2011
Men have driven many women crazy through the pain of love. Women have only made those same men angry.
kwesi abbensetts
A woman is such a large vessel that she can become filled with so much and not overflow, not so for a man, men spill.
Kwesi Abbensetts
your work is inspiring.
thanks bro - its a living breathing thing for me
Nude Project - The Body
Lets see … I am working on a nude project, not sprawled off naked, not camera flash on your private parts, but shadow, light, and Art. The body is not the same for everyone, in terms of shape, color, breast, buttocks, nipples, things that you even find special about your body. I want to capture my vision and yours in a merged form - your body. So any woman or girl that is out there and would like to take part in this project email me at kwesiabbensetts@gmail.com along with a picture of yourself. I will shoot you on location - your apt or what ever space you may choose. I will only represent you in the best way.
Sexuality is everyday life, and so I represent it in my images, I make you desire my subjects. Is that wrong, no cause its life.
I love all the women I shoot.
Kwesi Abbensetts is your favorite photographer
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“When I first started working in this way, I would research the “black image” wherever I could find the source. Oftentimes while doing so, I was irritated or off-put by how flattened and finite that image was…. I didn’t understand why the representations were so limited, so enclosed and, in other cases, solely in contrast to what “whiteness” as a concept was. I knew, just within and of myself, there was a wealth, a universe, of complexities and contradictions within and of me. I knew that this was not something to limit myself to but to expand upon. I wanted to express what “blackness” was in terms of its multifaceted and beautiful intricacy. Layer upon layer, upon layer…. every aspect of it as vast and awesome as the night sky….”
—Toyin Odutola.
(Journal entry. 2011)
(Journal entry. 2011)
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