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![]() Kervin Maule Untitled Portraits of Ibo Children series, © 1998 |
Kervin Maule b. St. Vincent in the Caribbean. moved to United States in 1983 Selected Exhibitions: The Brooklyn Public Library The Picnic House and Memorial Arch in Brooklyn, NY The City College Gallery The Bread and Roses Gallery in New York City Education: He studied architecture, printmaking and photography at City College, in New York City. Kervin Maules photographic goal is to examine the cultural, physical, and spiritual life of Africans in the Diaspora. This series, titled "Portraits of Ibo Children", was taken in the village of Ibo in the state of Owerri, Nigeria, West Africa, in 1998. He states, they are proud and dignified children who live in poverty every day. I felt a close relationship with them because of my own experience as a black child growing up in the Diaspora. |
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