Laeila Adjovi

Writer, Radio Reporter, Photographer

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Location: Dakar, Senegal

Nationality: Beninese

Biography: Laeïla Adjovi is a Beninese and French storyteller. She grew up in Gabon and South Africa, studied in France, lived in India and New-Caledonia, before working as a radio reporter for the BBC from Dakar, Senegal. As a reporter and... MORE

Experimenting. Cheval building...mp;copy;Laeïla Adjovi

Experimenting. Cheval building. Noumea, New-Caledonia. 2009. ©Laeïla Adjovi

Self portrait. Ngor, Dakar, Se...mp;copy;Laeïla Adjovi

Self portrait. Ngor, Dakar, Senegal, 2013. ©Laeïla Adjovi

Chilling on a boat. From the s...mp;copy;Laeïla Adjovi

Chilling on a boat. From the series 'Wandering in Saint-Louis', Senegal, 2015. ©Laeïla Adjovi

Pirogues. From the series &...mp;copy;Laeïla Adjovi

Pirogues. From the series 'Wandering in Saint-Louis', Senegal, 2015. ©Laeïla Adjovi

Sky kissing the river. From th...mp;copy;Laeïla Adjovi

Sky kissing the river. From the series 'Wandering in Saint-Louis', Senegal, 2015. ©Laeïla Adjovi

Proud continent on the globe. ...mp;copy;Laeïla Adjovi

Proud continent on the globe. Mindelo, Cape verde, 2014. ©Laeïla Adjovi

Dada fina. From the series &am...mp;copy;Laeïla Adjovi

Dada fina. From the series 'Time spills'. ©Laeïla Adjovi

Walking away from it all. From ...amp;copy;Laeïla Adjovi

Walking away from it all. From the series 'Time spills'. ©Laeïla Adjovi

Aerial roots. From the series ...mp;copy;Laeïla Adjovi

Aerial roots. From the series 'Life in slices'. Senegal, 2014. ©Laeïla Adjovi

Woodabe dancers. Ingall, Niger...mp;copy;Laeïla Adjovi

Woodabe dancers. Ingall, Niger, 2013. ©Laeïla Adjovi

Abderahim Haidara with his anc...mp;copy;Laeïla Adjovi

Abderahim Haidara with his ancient manuscript going as far back as the 14th century. Timbuktu, Mali, 2014. ©Laeïla Adjovi

Happiness under a truck. Thiar...mp;copy;Laeïla Adjovi

Happiness under a truck. Thiaroye-sur-mer, Senegal, 2010. ©Laeïla Adjovi

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Copyright Laeila Adjovi 2024

Date of Work Dec 1969 - Ongoing

Updated Jun 2017

Topics Black and White, Conceptual, Documentary, Fine Art, Photography, Portraiture, Street

The calm. The darkness. The crackling of my radio. Moments that are already gone, but that make a return under a liquid form, in the developer. Swim in the red. Deliver the latent image. Discover unsuspected treasures on a contact sheet. Light, soak, rub, splash. Forget virtual, ditch digital. And come out of the dark room dizzy from the smell of chemicals, exhilarated by the power of the light that traps on paper tiny shreds of time.

Analog photography, processed and printed from home. Â© Laeïla Adjovi