{"id":77634,"date":"2025-10-31T16:40:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1854.photography\/?p=77634"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:33:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:33:20","slug":"jalan-and-jibril-durimel-brothers-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1854.photography\/2025\/10\/jalan-and-jibril-durimel-brothers-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalan and Jibril Durimel are building a fictional republic in the tropics"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h6>All images \u00a9 Durimel, 2025<\/h6>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>The twin brothers are working on a long-term book project reimagining a homeland rooted in Black beauty and belonging, on the back of their project <i>Lundambuyu&#8217;s Mobility Program<\/i><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<!-- 1854 MPU Ad Slot -->\n<div class=\"tr_hide_desktop_mpu\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1854.photo\/offersmpu25\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1854.photography\/wp-content\/themes\/thevoux-wp-child\/mpu_gifts.png\" style=\"width:100%\" alt=\"Tap for our latest subscription offers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\t\n<\/div>\t\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jalan and Jibril Durimel\u2019s story started on the internet. The twin-brother photographers \u2013 born in Paris, raised in Miami until age 12, with a stint in Saint Martin, the Caribbean \u2013 began making videos together on YouTube with their channel Those Damn Twins. The experience taught them basic editing and visual storytelling, coupled with an early experience working alongside their mother who tried to launch a fashion blogger reality show in Saint Martin and which exposed them to Tumblr, fashion, and the aesthetics of online style communities. The influence of dreamy, romanticised visuals from the digital and editorial fashion worlds remain as an echo in their work, though today, their images seem grounded in something slightly more human and emotive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur whole life with cameras has been based on admiration and imitation,\u201d says Jalan Durimel. \u201cAt first, it was about copying the things we loved \u2013 comedy YouTube, fashion blogs, film photography \u2013 until we realised we were really just trying to find out what our image could be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Durimel brothers \u2013 known collectively as Durimel \u2013 have built a practice defined by self-teaching, collaboration, and an ongoing search for creative autonomy. Their work, which merges fashion, portraiture, and cinematic composition, has grown from an instinctive fascination with moving images into a mature visual language that foregrounds warmth, colour, and diasporic identity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe didn\u2019t study photography formally,\u201d says Jibril. \u201cWe went to a community college in Los Angeles to study cinema, mostly to get back into the US, and then learned photography from friends who were studying at ArtCenter. Each of them gave us one piece of the puzzle, and we taught ourselves the rest.\u201d<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;77646&#8243; img_size=&#8221;FULL&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;77648&#8243; img_size=&#8221;FULL&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]\n<blockquote>\n<h2>&#8220;If we can\u2019t see where we\u2019re from, maybe we can invent a homeland&#8221;<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That informal education helped the brothers forge a style unburdened by documentary conventions. \u201cBecause we didn\u2019t go to photo school, we didn\u2019t get too obsessed with reportage or journalistic truth,\u201d says Jibril. \u201cOur lens was always through cinema, where fiction is welcome. We were more interested in creating worlds that invite imagination.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their earliest experiments in Los Angeles were inspired by the analog revival of the early 2010s. After discovering medium-format film on Tumblr, they met British photographer Tyrone Lebon at a Q&amp;A, a pivotal encounter that introduced them to darkroom printing and led to their first editorial work for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">i-D Magazine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cWe sent him our images, and he gave us feedback,\u201d Jibril recalls. \u201cEventually, he introduced us to the team at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">i-D<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and we got our first commissions, profiles on Rejjie Snow and Keith Ape.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As their editorial work developed, the brothers began reflecting on how their itinerant upbringing shaped their outlook. \u201cBeing exposed to so many cultures has been a gift,\u201d says Jibril. \u201cWhen you\u2019ve actually seen the world, your vocabulary for images widens. What we used to see as displacement, we now see as a tool for maturation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2017, revisiting their family photos from the Caribbean proved transformative. \u201cWe realised that what moved us wasn\u2019t just other people\u2019s aesthetics,\u201d says Jibril, \u201cbut the warmth and sunlight we grew up around. We decided to use those techniques to tell stories about the Caribbean, about tropical identity. That\u2019s when we stopped imitating and started defining our own voice.\u201d<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;77642&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;77640&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Movement has defined the Durimel blueprint and seems to continue to colour their visual worlds. Their subsequent move to Paris expanded their exploration of occidental design and African diasporas. \u201cWe were struck by the African presence in Paris,\u201d says Jibril. \u201cAt first we thought we\u2019d photograph the diaspora there, but after speaking to people we decided to go directly to Africa.\u201d Travelling to C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire and Senegal deepened their ongoing book project, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quiet as the Country <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(a working title), a long-term body of work that weaves portraiture, landscape, and costume into a fictional yet emotionally grounded world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe wanted to make a photo book based on a fictitious tropical republic,\u201d Jibril explains. \u201cIf we can\u2019t see where we\u2019re from, maybe we can invent a homeland. Through that make-believe, we\u2019ve learned a lot about ourselves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project, which has been in progress for nearly nine years, began partly out of frustration with the commercial fashion system. \u201cFashion can be too hierarchical and too fast,\u201d says Jibril. \u201cIt was limiting. The book became a cry for autonomy \u2013 a way to rediscover creativity without deadlines.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The brothers now work with small crews, relying on natural light and minimal styling. \u201cWe love bare makeup and simple materials.\u00a0 Coconut oil, sunlight, the park at sunrise,\u201d says Jibril. \u201cWe like to keep things light: a bag of clothes, a reflector, and our cameras. It\u2019s about letting the image feel like it\u2019s already happening.\u201d That simplicity mirrors their broader creative philosophy: \u201cWe try not to over-manipulate,\u201d says Jibril. \u201cWe want the photos to feel natural, effortless.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their latest project, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lundambuyu&#8217;s Mobility Program<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> features Habiba Hopson as &#8216;Lundambuyu,&#8217; a fictitious mobility trainer, it\u2019s an ode to the able body. Here, the goal is beauty in the pursuit of dignifying our everyday lives, Durimel printed a limited run of 500 posters from the series that was shared for free at Climax Books in New York City, the first public reception of their work, on 27 October.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;77644&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;77645&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nature itself has become an essential part of their visual and spiritual vocabulary. \u201cWe look at nature as the idea of God,\u201d Jibril reflects. \u201cThe best art feels like God made it. When you look at a tree or stones in a river, there\u2019s effortlessness. That\u2019s what we try to achieve \u2013 something that feels organic, like it already existed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, they have been experimenting with still lifes of natural concretions \u2014 stones that form without human intervention. They realised they were always drawn to the images that felt untouched. Jibril says, \u201cthat\u2019s when it clicked. Even in our portraiture, we\u2019re searching for that same natural expression.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite their shared vision, collaboration remains a careful balance. As one can imagine, working with family can&#8217;t be a straightforward feat. \u201cWorking together is a social journey,\u201d says Jalan. The brothers have had to learn how to communicate better, but admit \u201cit\u2019s something we\u2019re still figuring out,\u201d, says Jalan. Their process now gives each twin autonomy within their shared practice. \u201cIf one of us has an idea, that person leads the shoot,\u201d Jalan explains. \u201cThe other assists completely. It\u2019s about surrendering power so ideas can flow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both brothers are also cultivating individual practices: Jibril has returned to drawing and draftsmanship, while Jalan is teaching himself music and songwriting. \u201cHaving our own outlets has been liberating,\u201d says Jibril. \u201cIt makes the collaboration healthier.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now based in New York, they are continuing work on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quiet as the Country<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while seeking the right publishing and gallery partners, aiming tentatively for a 2026 release. \u201cWe don\u2019t know exactly when,\u201d Jibril admits. \u201cBut what the project has done for us \u2013 for our relationship, and for how we understand image-making \u2013 has already been enough.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the centre of their work is a commitment to transformation \u2013 a belief that art is not only about making something beautiful but also about becoming through the process. \u201cArt is metamorphosis,\u201d says Jibril. \u201cEach project teaches us who we are. 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