darksilenceinsuburbia:Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. Untitled (Vodou Series), 2011. Leonce Raphael Agb
darksilenceinsuburbia: Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. Untitled (Vodou Series), 2011. Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou’s photographs of the people of Porto-Novo, Benin (formerly Republic of Dahomey) are drawn from street life, his friends, family and studio customers. Benin is all about colour – Porto Novo is like a visual assault.In Leonce’s impressive portraits, wild combinations of locally designed Dutch imported textiles create extreme gradations between background, foreground, person and clothing. Leonce is part of a generation experiencing rapid change and his photographs capture the energy and unfettered zest for life of a people caught between tradition and progress. Via -- source link