This Photographer Is Showing Black Men In A Whole New Light

by Ikran Dahir

''A photography exhibition called the Dandy Lion Project is highlighting the global expression of black dandyism and how it challenges the stereotypical view of black male identity.

It is the brainchild of US curator Shantrelle P. Lewis, who held showings in Chicago, San Francisco, and the Netherlands ahead of the its European debut in Brighton earlier this month.

Lewis described the black dandyism phenomenon as “young men in cityscapes, defying stereotypical and monolithic understandings of Black male identity, by adopting Edwardian-era fashion and fusing this with traditional African sartorial sensibilities”.

British-Iranian photographer Sara Shamsavari is one of the 30-plus contributors who answered Lewis’s international open call for entries...''