Mimi Cherono Ng'ok

Mimi Cherono Ng'ok (born 1983) is a Kenyan photographer, living in Nairobi. Her "photographs are as visual diary of the experiences and emotions emerging from her itinerant life". Ng'ok's work has been shown at the Hayward Gallery, Berlin Biennale, Carnegie International and African Photography Encounters, and is held in the Walther Collection. Quotes I think yes, part of it is to process experiences, and at the same time it’s also a new way of seeing. Mimi Cherono Ng'ok talks about photography being a way to process experiences For me traveling brings about a lot of exposure, to new ideas, different kinds of people, new languages. Mimi Cherono Ng'ok talks about how traveling and residencies in other countries affect her work For me I find that the possibilities within photography are endless, and at this point I’m just scratching the surface. Mimi Cherono Ng'ok pointed out what she finds interesting in other photographers from the Continent For me, tenderness and related terms like vulnerability and fragility suggest a sense of porousness that’s really important. It’s about allowing yourself to submit to something else—a person, desires, ideas, a hunch. Mimi Cherono Ng'ok speaks on what the word tender is all about and how it moves her I think about this in relation to making art and the experience of exhibitions. Both also require patience, and the reward, for me, is a kind of growth and self-awareness. Mimi Cherono Ng'ok speaking on what she thinks about film in relation to current moment of isolation and collective mourning External links category:living people