Physical Beings in a Physical World

In 2003, on a day off from his nine to five job as a dispensing optician, Olu Michael Odukoya started a magazine that is as bold, big and  beautiful as the mountain it is named after: Kilimanjaro.Ignoring all advice on how to make a print magazine, Olu simply followed his own vision. Bi-annually, he publishes editorial experiments and his view on visual culture on loose poster-sized sheets that are folded and kept in a box.

Avant-garde thinking is the key to his success and a trait he appreciates about Artwords bookshop owner Ben Hillwood-Harris, who he introduced to us. After a great day in Shoreditch, London at the Kilimanjaro office and Artwords Bookshop, we weren’t sure anymore if Olu introduced Ben or if it was the other way around.

More about Kilimanjaro Magazine and Artwords Bookshop

Editorial Lead Kitty Bolhoefer / Filming & Photos Fridolin Schoepper / Editing Bob Sorrow, Konterfei  / Music BUNNYSTRIPES