Yaya Azariah Clarke

Sep 12, 2024 | wepresent.wetransfer.com | Yaya Azariah Clarke

PublishedWordsYaya Azariah ClarkeLonging to create a visual narrative to accompany the themes of his debut EP, “LAST NAME: POPE,” actor-musician Jeremy Pope reached out to SMUGGLER director C Prinz in the midst of the pandemic. Fostering an almost instant synergy, the pair spent three years discussing everything from the church experience to the Black experience, queerness to the overall anxieties pervading our society.

Aug 13, 2024 | itsnicethat.com | Yaya Azariah Clarke

When Anthony Luvera was growing up in Western Australia, one of his uncles, who was working as a private investigator, gifted him an SLR film camera and a few lenses. Then, soon after, a teacher at school gave him an enlarger and developing trays, and he and his best friend began advertising darkroom photography workshops in the local newspaper.

Jun 13, 2024 | itsnicethat.com | Yaya Azariah Clarke

In this day and age, it would seem as though the most trusty vehicle on the road to seeking out our histories is the photograph. You have the family album, containing photos that reveal style and youth of our elders, and oftentimes studio images (such as identification photos) which course over migration, heritage and societal conditions, that we handle ever so gently as to protect posterity.

Jun 12, 2024 | itsnicethat.com | Yaya Azariah Clarke

The community-led organisation Gurls Talk has undergone a rebrand by the Spain-based cross-disciplinary studio, Mestiza Estudio. Founded by model, actor and activist Adwoa Aboah in 2015, the non-profit has long been a provider of resources and a safe space for the wellbeing and mental health of adolescent girls and young women. The rebrand encompasses a new logo, identity and web design, enhancing the experience of both its retained audience and ushering in a new wave.

Jun 6, 2024 | itsnicethat.com | Yaya Azariah Clarke

For Kennedy Mirema, style and photography is an extension of heritage, being first immersed in the act of expression while being styled by his parents during his time growing up in Kenya. “My parents would take me for photo studio sessions, especially during holidays like Christmas”, catalysing his regard for fashion photography, he tells us.