Ajamu Ikwe-Tyehimba Born 1963
AKA Ajamu
British, Photographer

Ajamu, a self-taught photographer based in London sees it as his mission "to create challenging and innovative work that cuts through the bullshit surrounding the unsatisfactory way that those of us with culturally forbidden lives and desires are represented or hidden within British society." His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in Europe and the United States . He lives and works in London .

Ajamu, Black Bodyscapes – photography by Ajamu , (John Goodman & Sons, U.K., 1994).

Jeffrey Hoone, Ajamu, Contact Sheet ( U.S.A. ) (no. 102, 1999) 10-5.

Alex Hirst, Black & Beyond, Creative Camera ( U.K. ) (no. 316, June-July 1992) 30-4.

Karen Knorr, Object and Subject of Desire, Paletten ( Sweden ) (no. 4, 1994) 35-8.