'Crossed Looks' presents the main photographic series developed by the artist, including those taken in Guinea, South Africa, Nigeria and Benin, up to the most recent one taken in Tahiti. In a refined balance between real and dreamlike, Namsa Leuba's images explore the representation of African identity and what Western culture perceives as Other.
Both in the series more evidently characterized by a social, cultural and political investigation, and in those dedicated to fashion, design and aesthetic research, Leuba returns a way of observing reality steeped in global culture and profound historical awareness.
Namsa Leuba is a Swiss-Guinean photographer and art director. She has exhibited her artwork at the Guggenheim Bilbao, New Art Exchange (London), Hanger Art Center (Brussels), Øksnehallen (Copenhagen), Tate Modern (London), and MACAAL Marrakesh. She has also participated in festivals including Daegu Photo Biennale (Korea), Athens Photo Festival, Photoquai (Paris), and LagosPhoto (Nigeria). In 2019, Leuba was featured in the exhibition The New Black Vanguard at Aperture in New York. Leuba is the recipient of numerous awards including FOAM Talent, Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Award, PhotoGlobal Prize, and the Planches Contact Prize. Her work has been commissioned by Nike, Dior, and The New Yorker, and has been published in I-D, BJP - British Journal of Photography, Numéro, KALEIDOSCOPE, Foam, Interview, Vice Magazine, New York Magazine, European Photography, and Libération.
