Kibe Nduni

Kibe Nduni is a photographer based in Kenya. His work focuses on using colors and light to evoke emotions. He captures modern-day Africa and his photographs reflect his immediate surroundings. In his artistic practice, he seeks to create a new African narrative that is an accurate depiction of both his own experiences and those of the people around him. His protagonists – often young Africans – serve as a reference to his youth and growing up in ever-changing Africa, when simultaneously he experiments with different ways of storytelling.

In 2022, his photography project Mukamiti Era 2060, created in collaboration with a stylist and models, was presented in ‘Nataal Media,’ a global media brand that celebrates contemporary African art.

His art is a place of wonder and imagination that invites viewers into his world.

 

 

This series was inspired by the African identity. Just as the winds that travel from distant places, so have various ideas and narratives reached Africa.

‘Through my images, I seek to connect an African individual to those altering winds.’

African hair is referred to as special because it tends to grow curly and frizzy. It coils in its own way and tends to latch onto things – dried blades of grass or blanket shedding. It is also part of identity; history tells us of all the unique hairstyles from the past that are finding their way back today.

‘Although I draw from contemporary Africa, I believe that there exists a multicultural identity that combines different cultures together.’