Flash B[lack] From Congo ASM Print Edition #2
Photographer Emmanuelle Bethery "From 1973 to the mid-90s, Pellosh took pictures of people from every walk of life: The flower of pointe-noire, families, jolly fellows, sapeurs, employees, pairs of lovers - all of them wanting to have their picture taken."
NEW FLOWER
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Photographer Mekbib Tadesse
Creative Director Gouled Ahmed
Make Up Artist Tsion Haileselassie
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"New Flower," interrogates often intricate process of sartorial adornment in the African continent. Focusing on the Horn of Africa, the editorial acts as a portal to the past paying homage to the vintage images of Ethiopian women in the nineties clad in traditional wear posing in golden fields of Adey Abeba (yellow flowers) around the Ethiopian New Year.
WIN BY LOVE
The project pays tribute to the Palestinian and Congolese peoples—and, through them, to all communities marked by injustice. Here, love is expressed not through ease, but through endurance, beauty, revolt, and hope.
WIN BY LOVE is a committed visual ode where aesthetics meet resistance. Through a short film, the project pays tribute to Congolese and Palestinian communities and by extension, to all those scarred by war, violence and injustices, both economic and political. Navigating between utopia, reality, and memory, WIN BY LOVE celebrates love as an act of survival, transmission, and resistance. More than an artistic endeavor, it’s a soft yet powerful cry — a tribute to what remains standing when everything else falls: love, culture, and humanity. To maintain a clear focus on the message, a unique and purposeful style for each character was selected:
– For Congo: a cobalt-blue suit, drawing inspiration from sapeur culture, complemented by a brown drape that reflects the attire of traditional village chiefs.
– For Palestine: white, representing resilience, paired with a keffiyeh redesigned as an asymmetrical skirt, serving as both armor and a symbol of pride.
Distinct communities, yet... shared pains that converge, and at times, clash. Different histories, but wounds that resonate with one another.
DIRECTOR|CD|STYLIST: DIANDRA KOGANG DJOMO FILMMAKER: RAPHAËL LALLEMAND & ZOÉ JULY QUENON WRITER & NARRATOR: BATOUL SKAÏKI MAKEUP ARTIST: JUSTINE PERL TALENTS: BATOUL SKAÏKI & LOÏC MUKOKO PRODUCTION: CAPRICES STUDIO LOCATION: PARIS, FRANCE
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