Episode 4 - Photographer Africa Barrero-Alexander
In this episode of the Creative Health Camden Podcast, we are joined by photographer Africa Barrero-Alexander!
Africa Barrero-Alexander is a photographer based in Bristol, and recently graduated from The University of the West of England with a BA in Photography. His personal work is centred around the relationship between humanity and the land, the nature of the human condition, and the beauty of the mundane.
In April, Africa held their debut exhibition 'This Body was Carved from Stone' at the CHC Gallery. ‘This Body Was Carved From Stone’ explores and reflects on Barrero-Alexander’s experience as a transgender man, and the effect this has had on his life and his relationships with the people around him.
Through his photographic self-portraiture, Africa carves a space for himself within a hostile social landscape that actively rejects and denies his existence.
He uses photography to instigate a positive change in the public’s perspective of trans people: to show that behind the statistics and inflammatory headlines, there are real human beings with stories to tell.