Editorial, Global Village:
Supremacy 2-Etched in Stone.
Supremacy 2-Etched in Stone.
Regardless of how far we think we have come, Supremacy is chiseled into the foundation of the system. Think about where we are, feel something, and ke... Read more
Miles Davis’ “In A Silent Way”, 1969 (the LP from which this photo series borrows its title) begins with a nostalgic church organ that sets the tone—soulful, soft, and smooth. As the song progresses, instruments are layered in one by one, and it becomes the soundtrack to a series of images synonymous with a personal journey inward. Jazz is a way of seeing. These images are centered around the unseen, where focus is placed on the spaces people occupy just as much as the people themselves. I photograph members of my community in a voice that listens, respects and reflects the quiet complexity of their being. Jazz is, for me, a portal offering a quiet clarity of the mind in the stillness of night. These selected images speak a silent language where the longer you sit with them, the deeper you’re able to feel and communicate as if, telepathically, they are manifesting themselves as your memories. “In a Silent Way” offers a way to understand life through empathy in a language felt and not heard
About Lenworth McIntosh “Joonbug”:
Born in Jamaica and emigrated to The United States as a child, living in Texas, Florida, and now Oakland, California. His work explores unseen members of the community in a way that respects, and reflects the quiet complexity of their being. The images are steeped in nostalgia and offer a way to understand life through empathy in a language felt and not heard.
