Philosophy And Self-Portraiture with David Uzochukwu | AD 183
Self-taught, David Uzochukwu (b. 1998, Austria) creates (self-)portraits that speak of both placelessness and belonging. His work sees bodies shifting through nature, performance, and digital reconfiguration. Uzochukwu\u2019s photographs have been exhibited at Bozar, Photo Vogue Festival, and Unseen Amsterdam. He has collaborated with artists FKA twigs, Pharrell, and Iris Van Herpen, and received commissions by Dior and Herm\xe8s. Since 2019, he is a participant of CPH:DOX\u2019s talent development program. British Journal of Photography named him One to Watch in 2020. He currently lives in Berlin, where he pursues his first degree in philosophy.
Topics Discussed In This Episode:
- David\u2019s development and obsession with photography
- Looking at other photographers work and being inspired
- Distraction and aesthetic within David\u2019s work
- Emotions and the expression of an image
- David\u2019s photography process
- Finding your signature approach
- Navigating your youth, and standing your ground
- Leaning into your intuition
- Organic transition within artwork
- Simplicity
- Swallowing your feelings and fighting to have your needs met
- Finding your artistic voice and rooting yourself within that
- David\u2019s interest in philosophy
- Ethics and practical reasoning for the things that you do
- Aesthetics being used as a \u201cglazing\u201d to your art
- Masculinity and the roles of gender
- Strength and vulnerability
- Futurism
- Getting to the point of reflecting your opinions within your art
- Bias\xa0
- The future for Davids self-portraiture and photography