James BARNOR
Introduction
Born in 1929 in Accra, James Barnor is considered a pioneer of Ghanaian photography. He carried out international commissions for Drum (an influential African magazine). In his studio "Ever Young", established in Accra in the 1950s, he captured societies in transition: the accession to independence of his country, then the Swinging London of the 1960s, the capital of the United Kingdom becoming a multicultural metropolis. When he returned to settle permanently in Ghana in the early 1970s, he was one of the first African photographers to work with color film.
Biography
Solo shows
2021
James Barnor, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
James Barnor : Accra/London – A retrospective, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
2020
James Barnor: A Retrospective, Nubuke Foundation, Accra, Ghana
2019
La vie selon James Barnor, Gerard Sekoto Gallery, Johannesburg
2019
Colors, Galerie Clémentine de la Férronnière, Paris
2018
La vie selon James Barnor, Gallery 1957 Kempinski Hotel, Accra, Ghana
La vie selon James Barnor, Mupho Musée de la Photographie de Saint-Louis, Saint Louis, Sénégal
2017
It’s great to be young, photographies de James Barnor et Marc Riboud, Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière, Paris
Ever Young, Musée du quai Branly, vitrine jardin, Paris
La vie selon James Barnor, 11e biennale des Rencontres de Bamako, Bamako, Mali
2015
Ever Young, exposition itinérante (présentée à la Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière)
2007
Mr Barnor’s Independence Diaries, Black Cultural Archives, London
Collective exhibitions
2021
Todd Webb in Africa, Outside the frame, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Harrison Photography Gallery, Minneapolis, Etats-Unis
2019-2020
20 ANS, Les acquisitions du musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Paris
2019
Paris-Londres, Music Migrations (1962- 1989), Musée de la Porte Dorée, Paris
2012
Another London, Tate Modern, Londres
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