James Barnor
J Peter Dodoo Jnr., Yoga student of “Mr Strong”, Ever Young Studio, Accra, c. 1955
Inkjet Print to Hahnemuehle Pearl 285gsm
203 x 220mm
Edition of 150 + 50 APs
Stamped and numbered
£120 (incl. VAT)
©James Barnor, courtesy galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière @james_barnor_archives
Accra in the 1950s was a decade marked by the significant transformation of nation building and the rise of cosmopolitanism. Photography served as an important medium for sitters to articulate their own self-actualization. Barnor described his first studio Ever Young (1953-1959), in the Jamestown district of the city, as a community centre filled with music and conversation, a drop-in space that embodied precisely this spirit of reinvention through the frame.
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