Image: Mask Conversation III (cropped), Tatenda Chidora
Tatenda Chidora, If Covid was a Colour
Tatenda Chidora's solo exhibition If Covid was a Colour reimagines the pandemic not as a symbol of dread but as a canvas for renewal, using vivid colour and striking portraiture to transform lockdown-era objects like surgical masks and latex gloves into fashionable icons. Blending fine art and fashion photography, Tatenda contrasts black skin against bold surfaces and textures to create images of crisp, sculptural tension, treating the black body as a site of power, resistance, and magic rather than mere documentation. Born from months of reflective isolation, the series moves beyond the tropes of catastrophe and grief to ask a more poetic question - what does Covid actually look like? - offering a deeply humanizing, introspective vision of beauty amid chaos.
Date: 3 December 2026 – 31 January 2027
Finnish Museum of Photography
The Cable Factory
Kaapeliaukio 3
00180 Helsinki
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Tatenda Chidora
Tatenda Chidora is an award-winning Zimbabwean visual artist based in Johannesburg. Mainly known for commercial and fine art photography, his mode of visual storytelling intends to both investigate and celebrate the multifaceted expression of blackness. His work uses elements of performance and play to explore themes of place, identity and manhood. In 2023, Tatenda was the British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Humanity Vol. 5 Series Winner. In 2022, he was shortlisted for the Contemporary African Photography Prize. He has participated in numerous festivals and exhibitions around the world, such as 1:54 London, amongst others.
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