John Kenny

John Kenny

United Kingdom • 1975 • 514 followers

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John Kenny is a self-taught photographer who fell in love with this art in 2003. John Kenny's stunning portraits from Africa document a series of tribal societies justly proud of their traditions and cultural heritage. As the continent becomes increasingly urbanized and environmental pressures grow on peoples living at the peripheries of the modern world such images have become precious, rare insights.

John Kenny has photographed in regions that stretch from the southern valleys of Ethiopia and harsh desert of northern Kenya, across to the arid hinterlands of West Africa, and beyond to the southern desert regions of Namibia and Angola. Faces emerge from the shadows illuminated by a soft and diffuse natural light.

“Lines that lead to perfection” was auctioned at Sotheby’s in New York in November 2011. A book of his images “Facing Africa / L’Afrique en face” was published in 2013.

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Photography, Lakuru, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£950

Photography, Otjitando, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£950

Photography, Nambuele, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£950

Photography, At the edge of the Jade Sea, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£950

Photography, The age of joy, John Kenny

Photography . 90 x 120 x 2 cm Photography . 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

£2,500

Photography, Baragoi, John Kenny

Photography . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

£2,500

Photography, Beauty in the Sahel, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£1,950

Photography, Waiting for the rain in Wamba, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£1,550

Photography, Litiriyan, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£1,550

Photography, Afar woman of Assaita, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£1,375

Photography, Samburu shepherd, John Kenny

Photography . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

£2,500

Photography, Rendille Moran at Nyiru, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£1,250

Photography, Lourdes, John Kenny

Photography . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

£1,595

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Photography, Bargi, John Kenny

Photography . 100 x 75 x 3 cm Photography . 39.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

£1,750

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Photography, Mukuru, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£795

Photography, Fire of the Himba, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£795

Photography, Mursi Adornment, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£795

Photography, Gambella, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£795

Photography, Horns of Africa, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£795

Photography, Mursi traditions, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£795

Photography, A days walk, John Kenny

Photography . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

£1,595

Photography, Himba Siblings, John Kenny

Photography . 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

£1,595

Photography, Karepo Nawa, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£795

Photography, Amongst the camels, John Kenny

Photography . 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography . 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

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