In early 2018 Picha Marangi, a photographer and stylist from Kibera,
traveled to Turkana on assignment. While in Turkana Picha Marangi met
Elizabeth Korkel, a translator, beading artist and singer. Each day at work
they complemented each other’s style, struck by how they both loved bold
color and statement pieces. Along the way love blossomed. To celebrate their
nuptials, they created looks that incorporated their shared love for vivid color,
Elizabeth’s beading work and Picha Marangi’s redesigned thrifted clothes.
These are their wedding photos.
The Flyest Wedding in Africa is a fictional art project that challenges the
unquestioning adoption of white dresses and suits at weddings while we
have such rich and varied heritage to celebrate such occasions, by
extension challenging adoption of policies and practices that do not
serve us or our communities.
The Flyest Wedding in Africa is one of the seven projects created under
the first phase of the Turkana Artists Xchange, a collaborative exploration
bringing together artists from Nairobi and Turkana to create work inspired by
the region resulting in bold new visuals and a new way of thinking that is
modern yet deeply rooted in tradition.
Artists & Models
Elizabeth Korikel & Picha Marangi aka Stephen “Ondivow” Okoth
Photographer
Migwa Nthigah
Medium
Photography
Status
Completed, 2018
