One of the things I remember the most when I was growing up is whenever you visited the home of a friend or a family member you were given water, and after that you were given the family photo album to look through. Same was done in my house whenever we had visitors. Conversations about these special moments that captured specific times and spaces in the photos were had whiles one looked through the album. The kind of photos we saw in these photo albums shaped our perception about whoever's pictures were looked at. Over the years, remembering these moments in our societies has opened my eye to how photography contributes to the formation of perception about people and society. And to some extent the photos set an agenda for the masses, or people who maybe affected by whatever is captured. Independent art curator Okwui Enwezor said in one of his writings (i think in the book Snap Judgements: new positions in contemporary African photography) that the emergence of photography works by some early African Photographers like Seydou Keita contributed to activities that sought to correct the erroneous perceptions that the west has about Africa. And I think the work (especially "Just Like Us") of my friend @gyamfi_eric (pictured above) lies within a similar stretch... . . 📷: Nana Osei - 2018 . . #accra #ghana #africa #art #ericgyamfi #photographer #artist #photography #perception #photoalbum #history #snapjudgement #book #studio #streetstyle #streetphotography #ashantiimmigrant #everydayafrica #dynamicafrica #artnewsafrica #accrawedey #agendasetting #masses (at Accra, Ghana)
