Jaime Welsh

The artist directs a teenage boy in various spaces within the University of Lisbon ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Ngadi Smart has been shortlisted for this year’s Loose Joints and Mahler & LeWitt Publishing Ecology Award for her project Wata Na Life, which was commissioned by BJP and WaterAid in 2021. The work shows communities in Sierra Leone as they adapt in the face of water supply disruption. “A lot of Black communities are expected to be resilient,” [Smart told BJP]( at the time. “I just feel like it’s a shame that we always have to be – we can never really rest.” [New Photography 2023]( has now opened at MoMA. Gazelle Mba wrote on the seven West African artists featured in the show in our [Money+Power issue]( as well as questioning the feasibility of photographing a city as restless as Lagos. In London, Jaime Welsh’s Inward opens in the former sandwich bar gallery Ginny on Frederick. His work is “driven by the conflicted, troubled relationship between power and beauty,” Chris Hayes writes. The abyss stares back: Inside Jaime Welsh’s anxious rooms In a new series, the Portuguese artist explores existential angst and alienation using his cold, precise choreography [Read more]( The 12th edition of our Ones to Watch issue launches on 20 June. Inside, BJP selects 15 of the most talented emerging photographers working today, offering a global cross section of the medium’s most promising figures. Also in the magazine is the next instalment of Gem Fletcher’s Survival Strategies reports, where Charlie Engman, Rhiannon Adam, Campbell Addy and Sinna Nasseri discuss what it takes to maintain a photography career. Subscribe by 08 June to secure the issue as part of your package. [Subscribe]( From the Archive: Ashley Markle captures a reunion with her father after his 10 year absence The pair reconnected when Markle graduated from college, and began to rebuild broken ties through photography [Read more]( © Olufemi Olaiya, Portrait of Britain Vol.5 Winner OPENING SOON | Portrait of Britain Vol. 6 Portrait of Britain, the award culminating in the UK’s biggest photography exhibition, is opening soon for entries. Get your work seen by millions on JCDecaux screens nationwide and be published in the dedicated Portrait of Britain Vol. 6 photobook [Learn more]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [1854 Media Ltd, 244-254 Cambridge Heath Rd, Cambridge Heath, London, E2 9DA, United Kingdom Click here to update your email preferences]( [Click here to unsubscribe from all emails](