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Self-portrait by Elijah Chukwuka Mogoli.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tSelf-portrait by Elijah Chukwuka Mogoli.<\/p>\n
This feature is part of CULTURED\u2018s 2026 Young Photographers list<\/a>. This year\u2019s list spotlights 14 artists aged 30 or younger from around the globe who are united by a relentless curiosity and an understanding that the photographer\u2019s most important job is identifying what deserves to be seen.<\/p>\n AGE: 28 Though much of the documentary photographer Elijah Chukwuka Mogoli\u2019s work centers on the specificity of growing up in Brooklyn\u2014as seen in last month\u2019s release Now Is Now New York, a survey of street photography in the city\u2014he\u2019s just as eager to immerse himself in equally distinct communities, camera in hand. Currently, Mogoli has found a powerful subject in Haiti.<\/p>\n What\u2019s the ideal situation for you to make work?<\/p>\n Somewhere super busy\u2014I love making images of gatherings and block parties. I usually get a chance to slow things down; I find a little pocket where I can work.<\/p>\n What questions does your work ask? <\/p>\n Where are we headed as a society? What are our values? What are the things we hold dear, how will they change in the future, and why?<\/p>\n What fears does your work address?<\/p>\n How the community or place I\u2019m photographing is going to change over the years and be affected by gentrification. You see innocent little businesses come into the neighborhood that local people can\u2019t afford and that\u2019s how it usually starts. Then, after a while, faces change. It\u2019s quite sad to see these changes, especially when you grew up in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n Who do you make photographs for?<\/p>\n For the people who are truly invested in seeing the nuances of the human condition, whether locally in Brooklyn or globally in places like Haiti.<\/p>\n What do you want to see more of in photography today? Less of?<\/p>\n I want to see more people making work that\u2019s aligned with them. I want to see people from Chicago making work in Chicago or someone born and raised in LA making projects there. I want to see work made from the perspective of an insider.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Meet more of\u00a0CULTURED\u2018s 2026 Young Photographers:<\/p>\n Many Photographers Have Been Nominated for a Pulitzer. This One Was Nominated for a Grammy.<\/a><\/p>\n Photographer Arielle Gray Wants Her Subjects to Be Unafraid of Softness<\/a><\/p>\n For Queer Photographer Ben Jastremski, \u2018Every Image I Make Is the Permission I Was Never Given\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n War Still Rages in Ukraine. Photographer Conall Kearney Is There to Document It.<\/a><\/p>\n Meet the 30-Year-Old Mongolian Photographer Documenting Changing Borders<\/a><\/p>\n
BASED IN: Brooklyn<\/p>\n![\"Self-portrait](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/102579_EMO_002_06-scaled.jpg\")
Self-portrait by Elijah Chukwuka Mogoli.<\/p>\n