“The idea of Black men being intimate still isn’t seen enough,” says curator Mark Sealy
at Contact Gallery in Toronto, Canada. Mitchell, who is best known for his poetic and profound explorations of Blackness and shifting the narratives around its aesthetics, has created a new body of work that highlights the beauty, presence and self-assurance of Black lives.
Now showing, the exhibition consists of three entities: a display at Contact Gallery, an outdoor installation at Metro Hall, and billboards positioned at the intersection of Dupont and Dovercourt in the Canadian capital. Sealy, a cultural historian, worked alongside Mitchell in the selection process, with each photo acting as a visual vessel for a dream-like Black existence that consists of joy, love and ease.
Prior to their collaboration, Sealy was familiar with Mitchell’s work – it’s hard not to be. In 2018, he made history as the first Black photographer to shoot a cover of American
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