BIOGRAPHY
Photographer and visual artist originally from Martinique (FWI), MCBRIGHT was born in Versailles, France. Based in Paris, his main inspirations come from Soul music and the writer Edouard Glissant .
Né à Versailles, mais ayant grandi entre le bitume des Clayes sous Bois et les palmiers de la Martinique, MC BRIGHT est un photographe autodidacte fort de cette double identité. Féru de culture US, notamment de musique soul, ses portraits en noir et blanc minimalistes nous plongent dans un monde urbain, intimiste et poétique. Le coeur de son travail consiste à explorer les questionnements identitaires de la diaspora africaine. A l’origine de sa démarche photographique: L’état d’esprit de la soul des années 70, l’artiste veut émouvoir tout en conscientisant le public. Les regards capturés sont ses mots, les compositions sont ses phrases, telle est sa grammaire photographique.
Sa devise : «Une photo sans message est une balle sans impact ».
ARTIST STATEMENT
By the past, History has been written without considering the african point of view. As an artist, I want to contribute through photography to change the perception of people of the African Diaspora by exploring questions of identity. I want to propose an alternative narrative to the one created by western imperialism in the past that traps people in stereotypes. In an intimate and poetic way, my photographs consist in decolonizing the imaginary.
« People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel » Maya ANGELOU
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