James Barnor

James Barnor Hon. FRPS, OV  bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiingoli  June dabaayɔbu dali yuuni 1929 ni"James Barnor", Serpentine Galleries. ka o nyɛ foto ŋmari n be Ghana amaa ka lee nyɛ ŋun ʒini London tingban ni binshɛɣu din gbaai yuma 1990s polo. O tuma baŋsim kuli nyɛla din niŋ yuma ayɔbu, hali zaayɔli lala saha ŋɔ o tuma daa nyɛla niribi ni bɛ mi shɛli yɛla, di daa nyɛla din yina polo saha biɛla sunsuuni. O tuma yaɣa din nyɛ ( street  mini studio photography) puuni,  Barnor daa nyɛla ŋun leegi ŋun zaniti tinsi pam suhu doo bɔbu polo yuuni 1950s zaŋ ni yuma 1960s polo: lala saha ŋɔ Ghana ni daa mɔri di maŋsulinsi deebu ka London mi leeri tiŋgbani din yan mali zuliya bɔbigu.Alexandra Genova, "Party time! The photographer who captured the other swinging sixties", The Guardian, 29 November 2019. O daa yɛliya : " n daa niŋ saha pam ka n na be n nyɛvuli ni ka binyara niŋda...Ghana ni daa mɔri ni di deegi di maŋ sulinsi ka daa shiri deegi di maŋ sulinsi, ka ni daa chaŋ  England,  ban nyɛ Beatles la daa nyɛli ban beni. Bin yɛra daa niŋdi pam yuma 1960s polo ka di zuɣu che ka n boli n yuli  Lucky Jim."Kwaku, "Lucky Jim, still working at 81", New African, April 2011, pp. 80–82. O daa nyɛla Ghana tuuli lahibaya tibu anfooni nim foto ŋmahara yuma 1950s polo, ka o daa lan nyɛ ŋun kpaŋ o maŋ pam ka bɛ ni boli shɛli ni  colour processing la kana  Ghana tingban ni yuma1970s pol.Aarti wa Njoroge, "In Conversation with James Barnor, in Comparison with Malick Sidibé". Originally in AfricanColours, 8 May 2012. Reprinted.   in Digital Photo Times.James Barnor biography at Victoria and Albert Museum. Lahibali wuhiya ni: "James Barnor nyɛla ŋun be  Ghana foto mini lahibaya wuligibu polo ka  Ousmane Sembène mi nyɛ ŋun be  Senegal mini  African cinema puuni."Tiffani Jones, "Secret History of the Black Pinup: Drum Magazine and James Barnor", Coffee Rhetoric, 23 August 2012..Riason Naidoo, "Photographer James Barnor – Ever Young at 90", Mail & Guardian, 21 June 2019.

Solo exhibitions
 2007: Mr Barnor's Independence Diaries, Black Cultural Archives, London, UKLouise Ray, "Black Cultural Archives Launches Exciting Heritage Programme to Commemorate Ghana's Golden Jubilee", Community Archives and Heritage Group, 7 March 2007.
 2010: James Barnor: Ever Young, Rivington Place, London, UK
 2010: James Barnor: Ever Young, Street and Studio Photography, Ghana/UK, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University, Boston, US (28 January–26 May)
 2011: James Barnor: Ever Young, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
 2013: James Barnor: Ever Young, Impressions Gallery, Bradford, UK (5 July–31 August)"James Barnor: Ever Young" , Press Release, Impressions Gallery.
 2015: Ever Young, Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière, Paris, France
 2016: Ever Young — James Barnor, Black Artists' Network in Dialogue (BAND) in partnership with Autograph, BAND Gallery, Toronto, Canada (28 April–29 May)"Ever Young — James Barnor", Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.
 2016: James Barnor: Ever Young, Rebuild Foundation, Stony Island Arts Bank, Chicago, US (23 June–3 September)"James Barnor, Ever Young" , Rebuild.
 2017–2018: La vie selon James Barnor, 11e biennale des Rencontres de Bamako, Bamako, Mali
 2017–2018: Ever Young, Musée du Quai Branly, vitrine jardin, Paris
 2018: La vie selon James Barnor, Mupho Musée de la Photographie de Saint-Louis, Saint Louis, Sénégal
 2018: La vie selon James Barnor, Gallery 1957, Kempinski Hotel, Accra, Ghana
 2019: Colors, Galerie Clémentine de la Férronnière, Paris
 2019: La vie selon James Barnor, Gerard Sekoto Gallery, Johannesburg
 2019–2020: James Barnor: A Retrospective, Nubuke Foundation, Accra, Ghana"James Barnor" , Clémentine de la Féronnière.
 2021: James Barnor: Accra/London – A Retrospective, Serpentine Galleries.
 2022: James Barnor: Stories. Pictures from the Archive (1947–1987), LUMA Arles"James Barnor: Stories. Pictures from the Archive (1947–1987)", LUMA Arles, 2022.
 2023: James Barnor: Accra/London – A Retrospective, Detroit Institute of Arts"James Barnor: Accra/London", Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, 2023.

Group exhibitions
 2004: Acton Arts FestivalRiason Naidoo, "James Barnor, ever young – An interview with Renée Mussai", Africa is a Country, 2019.
 2012: Another London: International Photographers Capture London Life 1930–1980, at Tate Britain, London, UK (27 July–18 September)"Another London: International Photographers Capture City Life 1930–1980", Press Release, Tate, 19 April 2012.
 2015: Swinging Sixties London - Photography in the Capital of Cool, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (11 June–2 September)
 2015: Staying Power: Photographs of Black British Experience 1950s-1990s, BCA (15 January–30 June) and V & A (16 February–24 May), London, UK"Staying Power: Photographs of Black British Experience, 1950s – 1990s", Media Diversified, 13 January 2015."Staying Power: Photographs of Black British Experience - in pictures", The Observer, 9 February 2015.
 2015: Work, Rest and Play: British Photography from the 1960s to Today, Photographers' Gallery, London, UK (9 May–12 July)"British Photography from the 1960s to Today" , Photographers' Gallery Blog, 13 July 2015.
 2016: Daniele Tamagni and James Barnor, October Gallery, London, UK (8–30 September)"Daniele Tamagni and James Barnor: 8 - 30 September 2016", October Gallery.
 2017–2018: It’s great to be young, photographies de James Barnor et Marc Riboud, Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière, Paris

Published works

Further reading
 Léllé Demertzi, "The Ever Young Photographer James Barnor", post: notes on art in a global context, The Museum of Modern Art, 3 June 2020.

References

External links

 James Barnor Foundation (JBF) official website.
 Electric Avenue: a special photo essay curated by the NS, "Introduction: Electric avenues" by Sukhdev Sandhu, New Statesman, 1 August 2012.
 James Barnor portfolio  at Autograph ABP website.

 Zaneta Denny, "James Barnor: legendary Ghanaian photographer" , Community Channel, 27 May 2012.
 "James Barnor at Galerie Baudoin Lebon (Paris Photo 2011)".
 James Barnor's Artist Talk , recorded at Impressions Gallery on Saturday, 10 August 2013.
 "Ever Young: James Barnor" on Vimeo.
 "The Photography of James Barnor", Voices of East Anglia.
 "For EVER YOUNG: The Iconic Photography of James Barnor", ACCRA [dot] ALT Radio, 29 June 2012.
 Ade Sawyerr, "Preserving the past to inspire the future:everyoungjba.org". The Ade Sawyerr Blog.

 "James Barnor" at Victoria and Albert Museum.
 Video interview with James Barnor , 3 July 2015 (in connection with "Swinging Sixties London" exhibition at Foam, Netherlands).
 "James Barnor: 'Comme photographe noir, vous ne pouviez pas faire de la photo de mode'" (interview in French), Le Monde, 14 October 2015.
 "Celebrating James Barnor – the first photographer to shoot Ghana in colour", The Guardian, 22 September 2016.
 Riason Naidoo, "Photographer James Barnor – Ever Young at 90", Mail & Guardian, 21 June 2019.
 Riason Naidoo, "James Barnor: 'I’m finally getting recognition'", 28 June 2019.
 Eve Jackson, "Meet 90-year-old photographic legend James Barnor", Encore!, 21 November 2019.
 Renée Mussai, "(FOR)EVER YOUNG: HAPPY 91ST BIRTHDAY JAMES BARNOR!", Autograph, 5 June 2020.

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