Photographer James Barnor . born in Accra, Ghana. Currently resides in London. Autograph ABP . James Barnor has shot sporting celebrities and prominent leaders in the Ghanaian independence movement, as well as discovering striking models such as Erlin Ibreck. He moved from Accra to London to document Africans living in Britain and pursue fashion photography, later returning to his home country to establish the first colour-processing lab there. Now settled back in London, James Barnor built his career from the gift of his first camera – a mass produced, plastic point-and-shoot – to life as an international fashion photographer.His covers and fashion shoots from Drum, the most widely read magazine in Africa at the time, were taken while Barnor was based in the UK, and placed black models dressed in western, 60’s fashion in typical London settings; in front of a red telephone box, exiting a tube station, or surrounded by pigeons in Trafalgar Square. He also shot famous faces including Mohammed Ali preparing to fight Brian London in 1966. The pictures have become slices of history, documenting race and modernity in the post-colonial world.During the 1960s, James Barnor worked as a freelance photographer for Drum magazine and other lifestyle publications, documenting the glamorous style of ‘swinging 60s’ London, capturing a new wave of aspiring fashion models and the emergence of a multicultural society in the UK. James Barnor will present his work and archive in “Synchronicity” exhibition in Paris at Galerie Baudoin Le Bon www.autograph-abp.co.uk www.baudoin-lebon.com

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James Barnor . born in Accra, Ghana. Currently resides in London. Autograph ABP .

James Barnor has shot sporting celebrities and prominent leaders in the Ghanaian independence movement, as well as discovering striking models such as Erlin Ibreck. He moved from Accra to London to document Africans living in Britain and pursue fashion photography, later returning to his home country to establish the first colour-processing lab there. Now settled back in London, James Barnor built his career from the gift of his first camera – a mass produced, plastic point-and-shoot – to life as an international fashion photographer.
His covers and fashion shoots from Drum, the most widely read magazine in Africa at the time, were taken while Barnor was based in the UK, and placed black models dressed in western, 60’s fashion in typical London settings; in front of a red telephone box, exiting a tube station, or surrounded by pigeons in Trafalgar Square. He also shot famous faces including Mohammed Ali preparing to fight Brian London in 1966. The pictures have become slices of history, documenting race and modernity in the post-colonial world.
During the 1960s, James Barnor worked as a freelance photographer for Drum magazine and other lifestyle publications, documenting the glamorous style of ‘swinging 60s’ London, capturing a new wave of aspiring fashion models and the emergence of a multicultural society in the UK.

James Barnor will present his work and archive in “Synchronicity” exhibition in Paris at Galerie Baudoin Le Bon

www.autograph-abp.co.uk
www.baudoin-lebon.com

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