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Ghanaian photographers

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Ghana's photographers recorded the country's path to becoming, in 1957, the first sub-Saharan African country to win independence. James Barnor photographed the politics and the people of Accra from his Ever Young studio in the 1950s before shooting covers for Drum in London. Felicia Abban, often described as Ghana's first professional woman photographer, opened her studio in the 1950s and photographed the country's leaders and its people for decades. Philip Kwame Apagya made colourful studio portraits in front of painted backdrops.

Today, photographers of Ghanaian heritage such as Prince Gyasi, known for his intensely coloured images, and Campbell Addy, a fashion photographer based in London, have taken Ghanaian photography to a global audience. These are Ghana's photographers, most looked-up first. See also kente cloth and highlife.

Profiles

Photographer

James Barnor

Ghana · 1929–

James Barnor photographed Ghana's road to independence from his Ever Young studio in Accra, shot Drum covers in 1960s London and helped bring colour to Ghana.

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Most looked-up first. Names link to our profile, or to Wikipedia where we do not have one yet. Short descriptions from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons. Image credits

Better known for other work

Writers, presenters and public figures whom Wikidata also lists here; their profiles explain the connection.

Sociologist and image-maker

W. E. B. Du Bois

Ghana · 1868–1963

W. E. B. Du Bois, the civil-rights leader who died a Ghanaian citizen, used photography as argument in his 1900 Paris exhibit of portraits of Black Americans.

Writer and photographer

Caleb Azumah Nelson

Ghana · 1993–

Caleb Azumah Nelson, a British-Ghanaian writer and photographer, won the Costa First Novel Award for Open Water (2021), narrated by a south London photographer.