In D.C, the majority of my images are portraits of the shop’s clientele, whereas in Paris, I focused more on the barber and their presence within the shop. Unlike barbershops in the states, Parisian barbers and hairstylists share storefront spaces, creating a lively mélange. The music, dialects, gossip and laughter of men and women create a rhythm that I can only imagine exists in their native homeland.
Afro American Barbershops in D.C. & Afro European Barbershops in Paris: ‘The Urban Country Club: Barbershops in D.C.’, is about masculinity and sub‐culture. With this project, I want to illustrate each shop’s particular culture with portraits that interpret a moment of pampering and brotherhood, a glimpse into that sacred space. In both relation and contrast to The Urban Country Club, my photographs here in Paris are of African barbershops on and near Rue Chateau d’Eau.
Portfolio du workshop Photojournalisme avec Ed Kashi, Mars 2014.
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