Njaimeh Njie: October 2020
Njaimeh Njie is a photographer, filmmaker, and multimedia producer. Her work documents contemporary Black life, with a particular focus on the past shapes the present. Njie’s photos and collages have been exhibited at spaces including the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh International Airport, and the Brew House Association. Her public art project, Homecoming: Hill District, USA, includes large-scale installations throughout the Hill District, as well as a website depicting a resident centered history of the neighborhood. Her work has been featured in outlets including CityLab and Belt Magazine, and she has presented at venues including TEDxPittsburghWomen and Harvard University. Among several awards and grants, Njie was named the 2019 Visual Artist of the Year by the Pittsburgh City Paper, and the 2018 Emerging Artist of the Year by the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Njie is the Founder/Lead Producer of the nonfiction storytelling company, Eleven Stanley Productions, and she earned her B.A. in Film and Media Studies in 2010 from Washington University in St. Louis.
More information about Njaimeh and her work:
Website: http://www.njaimehnjie.com/
Homecoming, Hill District, USA: https://www.hillhomecoming.com/
Eleven Stanley Productions: https://www.elevenstanley.com/
Instagram + Twitter: @en_jay_me
“As a multimedia artist I use photography and filmmaking as a gateway to telling nuanced stories about everyday life. I center Black people and the places we call home in my work because I believe there’s an endless capacity for storytelling about the nuance and diversity of our lives.
Archival research and oral history collection heavily inform my documentary practice because through all the longstanding oppressions we continue to live through as Black people America, but we’ve also inherited so many lessons from our ancestors. I do this work because I believe if we can draw a link between the past and the present, we can pave the way for a better future.”
