BJP is saddened to hear that photographer and visual artist Nona Faustine has passed away. In celebration of her life and work, we are republishing our interview on White Shoes, her alternative history of the USA and its slave trade

BJP is saddened to hear that photographer and visual artist Nona Faustine has passed away. In celebration of her life and work, we are republishing our interview on White Shoes, her alternative history of the USA and its slave trade
Consumerism and imperialism have long been explored and visualised in photography. Indeed, images themselves are a commodity that perpetuate the cycle. But with the dawn of the internet and new technologies, the heightened awareness of the climate crisis, intersectional thought and need for decolonisation, photography’s relationship to capitalism is being reexamined.