Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou

Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou (dem born am insyd 1965), be a Beninese photographer.
 Biography 
Dem born Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou insyd Porto-Novo insyd 1965. He be de son of Benin photographer Joseph Moise Agbodjelou (1912–2000). He no get formal education wey ein poppie wey train am. Na dem travel together plus portable studio. Na dem use a traditional colorful fabrics as a background for de people portraits wey dem make. Leonce Agbodjelou found de first Photography School insyd Benin. He dey serve as de Presido of de Photographer's Association of Porto-Novo.  
 Work 
Agbodjelou ein portraiture series, Citizens of Porto-Novo dey depict people of Benin ein capital. He dey use a daylight studio den a medium format film camera for de project. Ein 'Musclemen' shows stage studio photograph of muscular men, wich be popular theme insyd West Africa. De 'Egungun' project ve photographs of de masqueraders, wey dey depict divine ancestors of Yoruba-speaking people. Dem usually dey appear at funerals make dem guide deceased to de spirit world. They san fi appear at any time make dem protect people from misfortunes.
 Exhibitions 
 Solo 
 2011 Egungun Project. A Sumptuous Masquerade, Jack Bell Gallery, London
 2015 Egungun Masquerades, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
 2017 The Egungun Project: One man show, Kleinschmidt Fine Photographs, Wiesbaden
 Group 
 2013 Native Nostalgia, Museum of African Design, Johannesburg
 2013 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2013, National Portrait Gallery, London
 2015 Staring Back: The Creation and Legacy of Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon, Fleming Museum of Art
 2015 Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, Seattle Art Museum
 2016 Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, Brooklyn Museum
 2017 Regarding Africa, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
 2017 African-Print Fashion Now!, Fowler Museum at UCLA
2020 Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography from the Museum's Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas 
 Collections 
Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou works dey insyd public collections around de world, wey dey include Zurich Museum of Art, Pitt Rivers Museum insyd Oxford, Saatchi Collection insyd London, Carnegie Museum of Art, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa insyd Cape Town den Museum of Modern Art insyd Equatorial Guinea.
 References 
Category:1965 births
Category:Human
Category:Beninese people
Category:Beninese photographers
Category:People wey komot Porto-Novo
Category:20th-century photographers
Category:20th-century Beninese artists
Category:20th-century Beninese male artists
Category:21st-century Beninese male artists
Category:21st-century photographers
Category:21st-century Beninese artists