Shade Art Review

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Desperately Seeking Residencies

Accessible spaces for photography practice. Do they exist?

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Lou Mensah
Nov 23, 2025
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Shade Podcast is back! I’ve just released a new episode asking a question that’s been nagging me: why don’t we have a Black Nan Goldin? A provocation not to be taken literary. Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is celebrated for its documentation of intimacy. But when Black photographer’s create work depicting Black intimacy, we face barriers that…

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