{"id":1097,"date":"2026-04-10T18:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:04:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:04:00","slug":"johny-pitts-poetic-photos-captures-the-realities-of-being-afropean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/?p=1097","title":{"rendered":"Johny Pitts\u2019 Poetic Photos Captures the Realities of Being Afropean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/17099\/johny-pitts-black-bricolage-mep-maison-europeenne-photographie-paris?utm_source=Linkamp;utm_medium=Linkamp;utm_campaign=RSSFeedamp;utm_term=johny-pitts-poetic-photos-captures-the-realities-of-being-afropean\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/761\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/2\/472070.jpeg\" alt=\"Black Bricolage by Johny Pitts\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2010, Sheffield-born <strong>Johny Pitts<\/strong> travelled around Europe to search for the meaning of \u2018Afropean\u2019. \u201cWhen I first heard Afropean, it encouraged me to think of myself as whole and unhyphenated,\u201d he explains at the beginning of his critically-acclaimed book Afropean: Notes from Black Europe, published in 2019. Coined in the 1990s, the term was first used in the realms of music and fashion before Pitts reframed it as a utopian alternative \u2013 a more positive label forhellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/17099\/johny-pitts-black-bricolage-mep-maison-europeenne-photographie-paris?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=johny-pitts-poetic-photos-captures-the-realities-of-being-afropean\">read more raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/14609\/black-bricolage-by-johny-pitts\/0?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=johny-pitts-poetic-photos-captures-the-realities-of-being-afropean\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-154-761-507\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/2\/472070.jpeg\" alt=\"Black Bricolage by Johny Pitts\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/14609\/black-bricolage-by-johny-pitts\/1?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=johny-pitts-poetic-photos-captures-the-realities-of-being-afropean\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/2\/472062.jpeg\" alt=\"Black Bricolage by Johny Pitts\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/14609\/black-bricolage-by-johny-pitts\/2?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=johny-pitts-poetic-photos-captures-the-realities-of-being-afropean\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-0-1507-1004\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/2\/472063.jpeg\" alt=\"Black Bricolage by Johny Pitts\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/14609\/black-bricolage-by-johny-pitts\/3?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=johny-pitts-poetic-photos-captures-the-realities-of-being-afropean\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-0-884-589\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/2\/472064.jpeg\" alt=\"Black Bricolage by Johny Pitts\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/14609\/black-bricolage-by-johny-pitts\/4?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=johny-pitts-poetic-photos-captures-the-realities-of-being-afropean\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-0-1330-886\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/2\/472065.jpeg\" alt=\"Johnny Pitts: Black Bricolage \" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/14609\/black-bricolage-by-johny-pitts\/5?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=johny-pitts-poetic-photos-captures-the-realities-of-being-afropean\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-0-932-621\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/2\/472066.jpeg\" alt=\"Black Bricolage by Johny Pitts\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/14609\/black-bricolage-by-johny-pitts\/0?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=johny-pitts-poetic-photos-captures-the-realities-of-being-afropean\">View Gallery (11 images)<\/a>nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2010, Sheffield-born Johny Pitts travelled around Europe to search for the meaning of \u2018Afropean\u2019. \u201cWhen I first heard Afropean, it encouraged me to think of myself as whole and unhyphenated,\u201d he explains at the beginning of his critically-acclaimed 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