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The Encyclopedia of the Art of Photography

    Ajamu X

    (1963)

    Ajamu X (born 1963 in Huddersfield) is a British artist, curator, archivist and activist. He is best known for his fine art photography which explores same-sex desire and the black male body, and his work as an archivist and activist to document the lives and experiences of black LGBTQ people in the United Kingdom.

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    Projects

    Heels, 1993
    Black Bodyscapes

    Black queer male sexuality in late-twentieth-century Britain, documented through staged black-and-white photographs of nudes, fetish props, and fragmentary close-ups of the body.

    Books

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    Ajamu X
    • Tate Publishing, 2025