Adey Abeba by Mekbib Tadesse - Limited Edition of 5 Photograph

In a world where sentiments like "less is more" are highly pervasive, the series seeks to highlight rather the converse holds true. How "more is more" is an accurate descriptor of how life is lived. It seeks to show what it means to embrace your uniqueness, and be free from society's limiting beauty ideals. The series also acts as a portal through which audiences are transported to the past, by paying homage to the vintage images of the Ethiopian women in the nineties elegantly clad in their traditional wear posing in golden fields of Adey Abeba around the Ethiopian New Year. Richly textured fabrics, and ornate jewelry, feature heavily in the images, to cement the idea that in East Africa fashion is both an elaborate, and artistic affair. Shot and staged in a field of Adey Abeba in Addis Ababa the location of the shoot is as important as the images themselves. The physical space allows us to grapple with the beauty of impermanence, and plays with the notion of temporality especially in relation to how fleeting the cycle of the Adey Abeba is. Looking out across the sloping hills, sight lines deceive and lend a perspectival intimacy that toys with a sense of distance and time. Allowing the images to take on a rather otherworldly, and whimsical quality.

Photography:Photo on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:35.4 W x 23.6 H x 0.8 D in

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