Liverpool's African Festival aka Oye
Liverpool’s African
Festival was photographed in 2008, Liverpool’s Year As European Capital Of
Culture. The festival was an “Explosion” of music and vibrant colours,
In 2023 I “revamped”
these images, by darkening the background to make the colourfull African clothes
worn by the performers stand out further.
The event is very popular
providing me with the ideal opportunity to raise awareness for Blood Cancer UK
The emotion and charisma of the performers
was perfection
Individual portraits and
character studies of musicians
captured at Liverpool’s African Festival “Oye”
captured at Liverpool’s African Festival “Oye”
One Photograph
Three
images
I wanted to capture the athleticism
of performers jump with no distraction
-a crop with a darkened
background.
I wanted to emphasize just
how high he was jumping
-the inclusion of background elements
-the inclusion of background elements
The surrounding
atmosphere
-inclusion of drummer’s expression on left
-inclusion of drummer’s expression on left
