Joana Choumali

Joana Choumali (born 1974) be a freelance photographer wey dey base insyd Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. She dey use photography make she explore issues of identity den de diversity of African cultures.

Ein 2014 series, Hââbré, The Last Generation, dey document de last generation of scarified Africans.

Insyd 2019, na dem award am de Prix Pictet for ein series Ça va aller (E go be OK).
Life den work
Na dem born den raise Choumali insyd Abidjan. After she attend local international schools, she study Graphic Arts insyd Casablanca wey she work as an art director insyd an advertising agency before she start ein photography career. Ein style dey include conceptual portraiture, mixed media den documentary. Chaw of ein work dey focus for Africa, ein assumptions about de diversity of cultures around am, den ein expanding conceptions of de world.

 Publications 

 Hââbré, the Last Generation. Fourthwall, 2016. . With an essay by Azu Nwagbogu.
 Bitter Chocolate Stories. Netherlands: Paradox, 2017. By Choumali den Marijn Heemskerk.

Exhibitions
 Hââbré, the Last Generation, Photoquai Biennale, "We are family" Quai Branly Museum, and Eiffel Tower, Paris, 2015
 Résilientes, Photolux Festival, Sacro e profano, Lucca, Italy, 2015
 Hââbré, the Last Generation, solo exhibition, 50 Golborne Gallery, London, 2016
Rencontres de Bamako festival, Bamako, Mali, 2017

 Awards 

 2014: LensCulture Emerging Talents Awards, for Hââbré, the Last Generation
 2014: Contemporary African Photography Prize, for Hââbré, the Last Generation
 2016: Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund, for de series "Sissi Barra"
 2016: Fourthwall book Award, for Hââbré, the Last Generation
 2019: Prix Pictet, for her series Ça va aller (E go be OK)

 References 

Category:1974 births
Category:Human
Category:Ivorian people
Category:Ivorian photographers
Category:Ivorian women photographers
Category:People wey komot Abidjan