Ajamu is an internationally acclaimed photographer.

For over a decade his work has been exhibited in London, New York, Paris, Amsterdam and Sao Paulo, including solo shows at Camerawork (1994) and Standpoint (1999), and group shows at Maison Europeene de la Photographie Africa by Itself (1998); Museum of Modern Art, Oxford In Visible Light (1997); Kunsthalle, Frankfurt Prospecta ‘96; and Foto Institute, Rotterdam Strangers in Paradise (1994).

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His residencies include Light Work Community Darkroom, Syracuse, New York (1998) and NAFOTO, Sao Paulo (1995).

He has contributed to a wide range of publications including The Passionate Camera (1998) and The Eight Technologies of Otherness (Rledge 1997).

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In 1991 Ajamu formed the Black Male Artists Group within Brixton Artists Collective. This led to him organising and curating From Where I Stand the first black male show in the history of the Brixton Art Gallery.

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The following year he established The Parlour Gallery: an exhibition space for his own work and a stage for other events including readings, film-screenings and discussions.

Ajamu has been a member of Autograph ABP The Black Photographers Association since 1989.

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Artist's Statement

Ajamu's objective through experimentation and risk taking is to transgress and push many contemporary debates in relation to the body, difference and representation.

"My politics / photographic practise emanates from a culture of Otherness. My aim is to create challenging / innovative work that cuts through the bullshit surrounding the unsatisfactory way those with culturally forbidden lives / desires are represented, (or hidden) within Western Society".