A selection of analogue photographs from an ongoing series.
Published in ISSUE XI: COMMON GROUND.
When I started pondering the idea of common ground I struggled at first, but then I realised I had to stop looking at the micro and think of the macro. The bigger picture, for me at least, was finding a topic that brought people together and didn’t discriminate at all, whilst also being the medium to bridge gaps such as language, age and race seamlessly. Dance and music create safe spaces, every second of every day. The beauty of dancing and connection through music is that it can be as accidental as knocking over a glass of water on a table, or as intentional as your good deed for the day.
These photos have been taken over the last six years, and this is a project that I will continue contributing to until the day I stop making images. The sheer joy, catharsis and passion that dance and music allow people to effortlessly enjoy is something that we cannot take for granted as a society so jaded with pressure, pain and paranoia.
The dance is where we find mutual understanding, and where momentary bliss can be easily accessed.
About the artist
My name is Darius Kanuga and I am a 24-year-old photographer from South East London with ethnic roots in Iran and Guyana. I studied Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at UAL LCC and graduated in the summer of 2022. My work spans from fashion to fine art photography to visceral rave imagery. My photos aim to capture moments and memories that transcend genres, whilst emphasising collective feeling over specific messages.
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