Join Kim as she speaks with New York based documentary photography Kamal X. Kamal began his photographic journey following the passing of his best friend. Trough travel and self discovery, he found his love for connecting with others and documenting the world around him. This lead him to creating his latest book "Black Astronaut" which documents the real side of life in New York during both the pandemic and Black Lives Matters movement. 

• Journey into photography 
• Coping with the passing of his best friend 
• Travelling the world
• His love for documentary photography 
• The importance of honesty 
• How documentary photography help us connect with people 
• Being a student and learning about the photography world
• Only photographing what moves him 
• Finding his voice and freedom 
• Being our true authentic self
• Pre-visualising his photographs 
• Connecting with those he photographs 
• How living in New York helps his photography
• Living in a city surrounded by diversity and opportunities 
• His new book - Black astronaut
• Feeling isolated and afraid during the pandemic 
• Documenting the real side of life 
• Photographing a civil rights movement 
• Putting every part of him into his book 
• Going into the unknown
• Your voice matters 
• Finding your reason for doing something 
• We all have a story 
• Designing his own book 

Connect with Kamal:
Website: https://www.iamkamalx.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamkamalx/
Buy Black Astronaut Book 

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