Words and Pictures – AKIL STEAMSHIP

July 25, 2018November 30, 2020akilsteamship

Dakar

Photos: Akil Steamship

February 24, 2018July 25, 2018akilsteamship

Say Better Things (for Parkland)

I watched a little of Wayne LePierre’s 22 March speech at CPAC. As he spoke, I began to wish that this man, the CEO of the NRA, the head of an immensely powerful and rich organization with unparalleled access to our political leaders, had something better to say. I began to wonder what was inside […]

January 28, 2018October 27, 2019akilsteamship

Indiana

Indiana by Akil Steamship is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

November 19, 2017November 19, 2017akilsteamship

Exhibit: Awaiting the Master

I had the great honor last spring of being invited by author Kwame Yonatan to exhibit along side the launch of his second book Nasce um Desejo. All the photos are medium format, taken on a Fujica GW690 and lovingly hand dipped. Prints are available. *Side note: Kwame is the possible originator and patent holder […]

November 12, 2017July 25, 2018akilsteamship

Project Spite

Brazilian laws governing photography provide almost no protection to the photographer, while making them incredibly vulnerable to legal action. The fear of legal action is pervasive among the Brazilian photographer community. But creativity rarely respects boundaries; like water it flows around obstacles while at the same time wearing them down. If you look at Brazilian […]