Faded Fantasy, 2022
Junior Sealy, Barbados
Limited Edition Photographic Print (5) Hahnemühle Silk Baryta 310gsm
Faded Fantasy explores the intersection of fashion, movement, and memory. Captured at a Bridgetown helipad in the fading light of sunset, the photograph was created in the final moments of an editorial shoot following the inaugural African Caribbean Trade & Investment Forum, where Junior Sealy himself, produced the shows of 5 African designers. Embracing experimentation, the image uses motion blur to transform a vibrant couture silhouette into an ephemeral presence. The result is a dreamlike study of colour, energy, and transformation.
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Artist Bio:
Junior Sealy is a Barbados-based multidisciplinary artist and photographer working between Ghana and Barbados. His practice explores Afro-Caribbean and diasporic influences, depicting communities as modern-day liminal beings navigating identity, gender, masculinity, environment and memory. His work offers an authentic nuanced vision of the intricacies of being in these continued transitional states—socially, psychologically, and culturally. Junior supports the local communities he lives and works in, with 15% of profits going back to the communities he photographs in.