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CodeDS/UK/531
Person NameHirst; Alex (1951 - 1993); Photographer, Filmmaker
Dates1951 - 1993
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After meeting Rotimi Fani-Kayode in 1983, the two began a collaborative relationship primarily photographing nude Black men.
ActivityPhotographer, Bodies of Experience: Living with HIV, images and texts about ideas of healing and African Culture, worked closely alongside Rotimi Fani-Kayode.
RelationshipsRotimi Fani-Kayode, Partner, Collaborator, Co-curator
SourceBishton, Derek, 'Rotimi Fani Kayode, Ten. 8 and Critical Decade', derekbishton.com, 1 February 2022, <https://derekbishton.com/rotimi-fani-kayode-ten-8-and-critical-decade/> [accessed 17 January 2024]
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CWA/2/2/48Anna Arnone, Frank Ainsworth, Rotimi Fani-Kayode & Alex Hirst, Chris Boot & Crispin Hughes, Arabella Plouviez: Bodies of Experience: Living with HIV, 14th April - 20 May, 1989
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