Saatchi Gallery’s new exhibition spotlights Black visionaries

The New Black Vanguard features photographers Campbell Addy and Tyler Mitchell, spotlighting Black visionaries at the intersection of art and fashion.

The Saatchi Gallery’s latest show, ‘The New Black Vanguard’, is — as its name would suggest — a celebration of Blackness.

Photographer Campbell Addy, whose work features in the exhibit and whose vision helped bring it to life, is one of a number of Black photographers working at the intersection of art and fashion.

‘The New Black Vanguard’ is a visual delight filled with beautiful colours, clothes, and people.

It is not a superficial display of Black identity. The show’s linchpin is its command to rejoice in the work of these artists, in a way that isn’t simply skin deep.

‘I don’t want people to come here and just see Black people’ Addy said of the exhibition. Addy is a London-based photographer and filmmaker whose work has been featured in fashion’s biggest spaces, including Vogue, The Cut, and New York Magazine.