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Johny Pitts Unveils “Black Bricolage” Exploring European Black Identity

4/24/2026

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British photographer Johny Pitts presents the “Black Bricolage” exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris.
The show blends photographs, notebooks and documents from cities across Europe to examine Black European identity.
It features work collected over twenty years in Paris, Berlin, Lisbon, Marseille and Brussels.
Pitts uses the exhibition to ask what it means to be Black and European, drawing attention to everyday lives rarely seen in headlines.

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British photographer Johny Pitts presents the “Black Bricolage” exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris.
The show blends photographs, notebooks and documents from cities across Europe to examine Black European identity.
It features work collected over twenty years in Paris, Berlin, Lisbon, Marseille and Brussels.
Pitts uses the exhibition to ask what it means to be Black and European, drawing attention to everyday lives rarely seen in headlines.