Adama Jalloh (born 1993) is a British photographer of

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an heritage whose work has been exhibited at

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and the

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. She specialises in portraiture and documentary photography.

Early life and education

Jalloh was born in 1993 to

an parents and is based in London. She has a BA in commercial photography from the

Arts University Bournemouth Arts University Bournemouth (abbreviated AUB) is a further and higher education university based in Poole, England, specialising in art, performance, design, and media. It was formerly known as The Arts University College at Bournemouth and The ...

, and won the '' British Journal of Photography'' Breakthrough Award for a single image by an undergraduate in 2015.

Career

Jalloh's work has been included in exhibitions including "After Hours: Soul of A Nation" (2015) at

, London (featuring her commission ''Familiar Faces''); "Celebration of African Female Photographers" (2018) at

Nubuke Foundation Nubuke Foundation is an art foundation in East Legon in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It was established in April 2006. Exhibitions Time, Trade & Travel The Time, Trade & Travel took place at Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam from 25 A ...

, Accra, Ghana; "No Place Like Home" Friday Late (2019),

, London (which exhibited her project "Love Story"); and "Bamako Encounters - African Biennale of Photography" (2019), Mali. From October 2020 to September 2021 the Horniman Museum in London hosted the exhibition "An Ode To Afrosurrealism" comprising photographs by Jalloh and Hamed Maiye. Jalloh has undertaken commissions from publications and organizations including Alexander McQueen. In the area of music she has portrayed artists including

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, Little Simz, Freddie Gibbs, and

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jalloh, Adama 1993 births Living people 21st-century British photographers British women photographers Black British women British people of Sierra Leonean descent Alumni of Arts University Bournemouth