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Yohana Papa Onyango

Yohana Papa Onyango

The Unwanted Gaze

The Unwanted Gaze explores the tension between observation, privacy and trust while photographing in and around 24hr Kongowea Markert in Mombasa, where growing resistance to cameras forced me to work more quietly and question what street photography means today.

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About Artist

Yohana Papa Onyango

I am a Kenyan-German visual artist based in Zurich, working across photography, film and music with a focus on people, identity and diaspora. My stills move between documentary, editorial portraiture and street photography. I am drawn to unplanned moments where environment and human interaction reveal something beyond the surface.

Yohana Papa Onyango

Photographic Areas of Focus

People, Photojournalism, Portrait, Street, Travel

Location

Switzerland

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