Davis Blair Mugume

Photographer

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SELF-PORTRAITURE

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Location: KAMPALA

Nationality: UGANDAN

Biography: Ugandan photographer with a bias in environment, public health and Daily life.

Coping was created in fulfillme...9 lockdown of 2020.

Coping was created in fulfillment of the final assignment of a workshop I attended in March 2022 under the guidance of Martin Kharumwa and FOTEA. It derives its inspiration from images of my Aunt posing for photos in what appears to be her bedroom, an Adama Kouyate's portrait of a woman posing with a transistor and old self-portriats of myself taken with long exposure. With these three archival inspirations, i created, with the help of Martin and my classmates, a makeshift studio and created Coping, which is a dpeiction of how some of the young people in Uganda spent the endless free hours that were created by the very first Covid-19 lockdown of 2020.

Full Moon by the Lake. A self p...te or to simply enjoy the view.

Full Moon by the Lake.
A self portrait while watching the full moon shining over Lake Victoria, taken on the 18th of May 2019 at Freedom Beach Entebbe. I moved to Entebbe in 2014, to pursue a Geoscience degree at Nkumba University and I instantly hated the place because I felt like it was too far away from Kampala. After graduating in 2017, I loved and did not want to leave the place. So whenever I visit, I make it a point to go to some of my favourite places, to think through life, meditate or to simply enjoy the view.

This particular image although ...n the same frame. May 18, 2019.

This particular image although from way back, is part of self-documentary story that carries on for as long as i live and can photograph. It employs mostly the technique of long exposure to either create portraits of myself in movements or simply appearances of more than images of myself within the same frame. May 18, 2019.

A long exposure of the front ya...photography. November 22, 2018.

A long exposure of the front yard at home on the first night of purchasing my first DSLR. Through experimentation and trials, i have been able to self-teach about various techniques in photography. November 22, 2018.

A series of long exposures self...our home in Namungoona, Kampala

A series of long exposures self-portraits captured on the first night of purchasing my first dslr camera in 2018 in the front yard of our home in Namungoona, Kampala