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Hashim Nasr's photograph A Dream of Symbiosis, from the series A Leap into a Dream, featured in Testaments to the Beautyful Ones

Museum of Contemporary PhotographySouth Loop / Near South Side

Testaments to the Beautyful Ones

Upcoming21 January 2027 – 16 May 2027Free

Eight photographers and six writers document resilient communities across Africa, bridging postcolonial critique with contemporary hope through gender, spirituality, displacement and self-representation.

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The title nods to Ayi Kwei Armah's 1968 novel The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born. Eight photographers and six writers turn to communities across Africa, through gender, spirituality, displacement and self-representation. Entry is free.

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