Join photographer Ajamu X, Martin Parr and the MPF team for an evening of photography and music to launch our upcoming exhibition, Fierce: Bristol.

Last year MPF commissioned Ajamu to make ten new portraits, adding a Bristol chapter to the ever-evolving Fierce archive, exploring and providing more context to Black queer histories in Bristol. This new work will be displayed alongside images from Fierce: London and Fierce: Toronto.

Julius Reuben – model. From Fierce: London. © Ajamu X

We’ll have the unique Fierce cocktail available, originally developed for the opening of Fierce: London, alongside Lost and Grounded beers, both of which are complimentary. Street food will be available in collaboration with Bristol Eats. More details on music will be confirmed soon.

Since the 1980s Ajamu has made work in his portrait studio in Brixton, London, working with analogue technologies to create images that reflect the richness and diversity of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer sexuality. This rich practice provides the context in which Ajamu has developed his Fierce archive.