Twenty years, one question: What does it mean to be Black and European?
Summary
British photographer Johny Pitts has spent 20 years traveling across Europe to explore what it means to be Black and European. His project, called "Black Bricolage," shows photos and documents of everyday Black life in cities like Paris, Berlin, and Lisbon, displayed in an exhibition in Paris.Key Facts
- Johny Pitts is a British photographer who has worked on this project for 20 years.
- His mission is to understand and show the experience of being Black and European.
- The project is named "Black Bricolage" and includes photos, notebooks, and documents.
- It covers multiple European cities: Paris, Berlin, Lisbon, Marseille, and Brussels.
- The work challenges common European views by showing everyday life rarely featured in the media.
- The term "Afropean," which Pitts helped popularize, combines "African" and "European" to describe mixed identity.
- The exhibition is held at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris.
- Pitts discusses themes like identity, history of colonialism, and racism in Europe.
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