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Founder of www.theblkgaze.com. This is #photography.

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Shaun @theblkgaze.com · Apr 14

Screens are for scrolling. Galleries are for slowing down.

Nationhood: Memory and Hope is now showing at Impressions Gallery, Bradford.

On until 26 April. See these images the way they were meant to be seen.

This is #photography.

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Shaun @theblkgaze.com · 2d

Mark! Thank you. Without doubt photography lovers should make space for this in their collection of zines and books.

Shaun @theblkgaze.com · 3d

Thank you, Marie.

Shaun @theblkgaze.com · 3d

Born from the exhibition Nationhood: Memory and Hope, Near the Cross is a limited edition zine of faith, memory and belonging.

100 copies only. UK shipping.

Pre-order now. shaunconnellphoto.bigcartel.com/product/near...

Near the Cross: Nationhood and Hope Zine

Pre-order is now open for the first 100 copies of Near the Cross. Near the Cross is a self-published photography zine created in dialogue with the...

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Shaun @theblkgaze.com · Aug 31

This is #photography

Duquann Sweeney @duquannsweeney.bsky.social · Aug 31

I absolutely love this photograph I made of my great nephew and I.

Jersey City, 2025.
(35mm, timer)

A photograph of my great nephew and I sitting a playground.

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Shaun @theblkgaze.com · Aug 31

I miss the Caribbean sunshine, food + culture.

Shaun @theblkgaze.com · Aug 31

Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!

Shaun @theblkgaze.com · Jul 6

I understand now why this moment pulled me in.

While framing the image, something stirred, a memory of the old Constable print that hung in my grandma’s house. Quietly, it surfaced. Unconscious, but not forgotten.

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Shaun @theblkgaze.com · Jul 5

Bradford, Yorkshire. Home town joy.

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Shaun @theblkgaze.com · Jun 28

You should read this

Kristie De Garis @kristiedegaris.bsky.social · Jun 28

I'm in The Times Magazine today. 2000 words of my writing (an adapted excerpt from my book 'Drystone - A Life Rebuilt')

And it's not really about living with my ex husbands. It's about the roles women are handed and how I just absolutely refuse!

#Scotland #Women #Writing #WritingCommunity #Books

A full-page opener from The Times Magazine with the headline “I Live With Two Men. Both Are My Ex-Husbands.” On the right page is a full-length portrait of Kristie De Garis standing inside her home next to an open front door, wearing high-waisted jeans and a black blouse. Behind her hangs a large abstract painting in vibrant colours. The text introduces the piece as an exploration of modern parenting, unconventional cohabiting, and the logistics of living with two former partners.

A two-page magazine spread from The Times Magazine, featuring a personal essay titled “There Are Tensions. I Refused to Make Dinner Until They Both Learnt to Cook.” The left-hand page includes a photo of the author, Kristie De Garis, standing outside by a dark wooden shed in a denim boiler suit. The right-hand page features a second photo of her in a long floral dress on her wedding day. The essay details her unconventional domestic life living with both of her ex-husbands.

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Shaun @theblkgaze.com · Jun 27

Dominoes is more than a game. For the Windrush generation + their descendants. It's a gateway that bridges generations, blends cultures, + echoes the rhythm of home on foreign soil.

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Shaun @theblkgaze.com · Jun 25

Sung by those photographers who twist light, blur truth + call it art.

The anthem of the gaslighter behind the lens:

I’m the shutter-shaker, story-fabricator
I’m the truth-eraser, focus-manipulator
I’m a gaslighter, slick gaslighter
You’re the subject, warped exposure.

a black and white photo of a man in an american flag sweater .

ALT: a black and white photo of a man in an american flag sweater .

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Shaun @theblkgaze.com · Jun 21

Fundraiser

Mongi + Kuda led worship at their fundraiser ahead of October’s Cambodia mission trip building wells, toilets, renovating a church + more.

Every donation helps cover travel, food + insurance.

Support here: www.gofundme.com/f/kuda-mongi...

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Shaun @theblkgaze.com · Jun 6

I dislike the 280 character limit per post on this app. Please triple it.

Shaun @theblkgaze.com · May 28

My last view of Jamaica.
Land we love.
Tourists arrive free.
Windrush left with no return.
Cruise ships dock.
Migrant boats are blocked.
Souvenir shops sell island life but not Marcus Garvey.
The colonial era is over,
but its passport still decides who gets welcome.

Shaun @theblkgaze.com · May 27

This is #photography

Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · May 27

Sometimes the framing suggests itself 😄

#Photography #ThePhotoHour

a breezeblock wall standing alone, with a gap for a window, through which you can see a tree, like it's a painting on a wall

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Photography by Alfie Goodrich @alfie.photography · May 27

I'd urge anyone who can to watch this documentary. As a young man, I read a lot about the Vietnam War. As I've got older, too. This documentary lays it out in a way I'd not experienced before. The way it dovetails into the now is powerful.

www.netflix.com/title/81756795

Watch Turning Point: The Vietnam War | Netflix Official Site

This thought-provoking documentary series examines the harrowing consequences of the Vietnam War, from the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the fall of Saigon.

www.netflix.com

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Shaun @theblkgaze.com · May 27

Revolution doesn’t always wear a slogan.

Sometimes it sounds like dominoes slapping wood and a story told over rum.

The rum shop is a classroom. A confessional. A strategy room in disguise.

Freedom dreams live here. Ask Robin D.G. Kelley.

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Shaun @theblkgaze.com · May 26

Dominoes is more than a game. In Jamaica, it's strategy, rhythm and resistance.

You don’t choose your hand, you choose how you play it.

As Robin D. G. Kelley says, even play is political.

In dominoes, Black joy becomes memory, mastery and freedom.

Shaun @theblkgaze.com · May 11

Prayer is less about miracles + more about recognising our shared vulnerability + hope.

In naming another’s struggle, we often uncover our own.

To pray for someone is to honour their humanity + in doing so, affirm our own.

Shaun @theblkgaze.com · May 11

That's a great song to include on any soundtrack.

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Shaun @theblkgaze.com · May 10

In that moment, a song of worship filled the air.

If I had to offer a song now, it would be one from The Preacher’s Wife. It feels most fitting for this moment of reflection.

I love the Lord
He heard my cry
And pitied every groan
Long as I, I live
And troubles rise
I'll hasten to
His throne

Shaun @theblkgaze.com · May 7

As the season draws its final breath, the faithful in Bradford lift their voices to a hard-earned ascent to Division 1.

And in that chorus of triumph, comes the chant that binds them:

And it's Bradford City,
Bradford City FC,
We're by far the greatest team,
The world has ever seen.

Shaun @theblkgaze.com · May 4

Wi likkle but wi tallawah.

Some truths don’t need to be shouted. If you’ve lived them, you’ll recognise them in life, in photography + in this short essay.

Peace + love to @andrewjackson.bsky.social

This is #photography. www.theblkgze.com/all/wi-likkl...

Wi likkle but wi tallawah

A critical inquiry into visual sovereignty, refusal and reparation in photography rooted in Jamaican culture.

www.theblkgze.com

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Duquann Sweeney @duquannsweeney.bsky.social · May 4

A white woman is receiving donations after her racist outburst. This is America. -Deep Sigh-

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