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<p>Jik-Reuben Pringle is a 27-year-old Jamaican photographer, who is known for his captivating story-telling portraits.</p>
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<p>“Personally, photography is an important channel of
communicating. Not everyone can feel from just reading but [people] definitely
get sparked or triggered from a visual representation of a message,” he
explained.</p>
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<p>Pringle is hailed as a ‘visual advocate’ due to his unique, bold representation of illnesses through photography.</p>
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<p>Known in the local creative spaces as the 'Visual Ninja', Jik-Reuben recently finished his <strong>Made for More</strong> project with Davian Bennett, which was lauded for exceptionally tackling Endometriosis and other societal topics. </p>
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<p>He is currently working with Sanshegay Peart (S.A.C.E) on a project/documentary to bring awareness to a rare bone disease called Osteogenesis Imprefecta.</p>
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<p>“My influences definitely move from various places, music, artists and even family members, some of the primary ones are members of the Reggae Revival. I love pulling references from documentaries, other art forms, such as writing, paints, and illustrations,” he said.</p>
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<p>He named two recent influences, Justice Mukheli and Andre D.
Wagner.</p>
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<p>“I did always peep the works of Ansel Adams, Gordon Parks
and my mentor lizzy brown (yes in all lower case, that’s her vibe). It was in
planning for that project I discovered how I could use portraits to uplift and
highlight the black woman.”</p>
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<p>He is currently working on a potential 10-year anniversary
piece that will go on exhibit in October 2020.</p>
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