The Golden Age of James Barnor

Les Rencontres d’Arles pays tribute to James Barnor, born in Ghana in 1929. From his Ever Young studio, opened in Accra in 1953 to the chromatic years of Swinging London, two exhibitions retrace the itinerary of an intuitive man who never stopped believing in the power of photography.

A shop assistant at the Sick-Hagemeyer store, Accra, 1971 © James Barnor
There is a certain enchantment in discovering a man until recently shrouded in obscurity, who dedicated his life to photography. In an exhibition entitled "Stories. Th...

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