Ananias Leki Dago (born 2 November 1970) is an
Ivorian photographer.
[Leica Internet Team]
"Ananias Léki Dago: Being There Where Things Are Fragile"
'' The Leica Camera Blog'', Leitz Park, Germany, 20 January 2014.[Kodjo-Grandvaux, Séverine]
"Côte d’Ivoire : mélancolies d’un promeneur solitaire"
''Jeune Afrique
''Jeune Afrique'' (English: ''Young Africa'') is a French-language pan-African weekly news magazine, founded in 1960 in Tunis and subsequently published in Paris. It is the most widely read pan-African magazine. It is also a book publisher, unde ...
'' (online), Paris, France, 25 September 2013.[ Cotter, Holland]
"Flow at the Studio Museum: Myop al Blanc 1 (2005), by Ananias Léki Dago"
'' The New York Times'' (online), Arts, New York, New York, 3 April 2008.
Biography
Ananias Leki Dago is a graduate of the Institut National Supérieur de l'Action et de l'Animation Culturelle in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
During a period of exile living in Europe, resulting from political unrest in his native
Côte d'Ivoire
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
,
he worked for magazines such as ''
Africultures
''Africultures'' is a publication of arts and culture about and from Africa and its diasporas. Based in Paris, it was founded in 1997 under the impetus of Olivier Barlet by journalists and academics such as Virginie Andriamirado, Gérald Arnaud, ...
'' and ''
Regards''.
[Libong, Héric]
"Abidjan Rencontres du Sud: The Birth of a Collection, Interview with Ananias Leki Dago"
''Africultures
''Africultures'' is a publication of arts and culture about and from Africa and its diasporas. Based in Paris, it was founded in 1997 under the impetus of Olivier Barlet by journalists and academics such as Virginie Andriamirado, Gérald Arnaud, ...
'' (online), Paris, France, 30 November 2000. From 1997 to 2001, he served as the Official Photographer for the Marché des arts et du spectacle africains (MASA), based in Abidjan.
His photographs have been exhibited in museums and cultural spaces such as the
Centre Pompidou and the
Musée de l’Histoire de l'Immigration in Paris, France; Fondation Donwahi
in Abidjan; the
Moderna Museet
Moderna Museet ("the Museum of Modern Art"), Stockholm, Sweden, is a state museum for modern and contemporary art located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, opened in 1958. In 2009, the museum opened a new branch in Malmö in t ...
in Stockholm, Sweden; the
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMoA) is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Fr ...
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the
Biennale of Contemporary African Art (Dak'Art) in Dakar, Senegal, and are part of the permanent collections of institutions such as the
Fundació Vila Casas in Barcelona, Spain; the
Fondation Sindika Dokolo in Luanda, Angola; the
Harlem Studio Museum in New York, New York; the Philadelphia Museum of Art;
[Anonymous Author / Editor]
"Motiv' Moi : Ananias Leki Dago"
MILC Magazine (online), No. 4, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 20 August 2017, pg. 50, as republished by ISSUU. the
Musée du Quai Branly[Koléa, Serge and N'goran, Marie Laure]
"Ananias Leki Dago: 'Il était inconcevable de voir l'histoire du pays racontée par Paul Kodjo aller à la poubelle'."
(video), RTI (online), Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 3 juin 2018. and the Galeries Photo
Fnac in Paris, France, as well as various international private collections.
In 2019, Ananias Leki Dago represented the Côte d'Ivoire at the
Biennale di Venezia, in Venice, Italy, participating in the exhibit "Ivory Coast: The Open Shadows of Memory".
Founder of the first international photography festival in
Abidjan, Les Rencontres du Sud,
and restorer of the negatives of
Paul Kodjo - the "Father of Ivorian photography",
[Simonet, Dany]
"ICI ABIDJAN - L’autre capitale de la photographie"
''Le Point
''Le Point'' () is a French weekly political and news magazine published in Paris.
History and profile
''Le Point'' was founded in September 1972 by a group of journalists who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of '' L'Express'', w ...
'' (online), Culture, Paris, France, 28 May 2015. Ananias Leki Dago is the author of five publications featuring his photographic works: ''Ananias Leki-Dago, photographe'' (Les éditions de l'oeil, 2003), ''Shebeen Blues'' (Éditions Gang, 2010), ''Mabati'' (Native Intelligence and Goethe-Institut Kenia, 2013), ''La Nawa'' (Éditions Gang, Conseil Régional de la Nawa, 2016), and ''Rainy Days Abidjan'' (Éditions Éburnie, 2019).
[Anonymous Author / Editor]
"Shebeen Blues: Tasting the Joys of Leisure and Amusement in South Africa"
OSIWA
The Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is an organization in West Africa. OSIWA was established in 2000 as a part of the global network of Soros Foundations. OSIWA claims to promote "open societies where democracy, good governance, th ...
, '' OPENSPACE'' (online), In Pictures, Dakar, Sénégal, November 2014, pg. 78.[Cessou, Sabine]
"Ananias Léki Dago, photographe urbain"
'' rfi'' (online), Photographie, Paris, France, 18 September 2015. He has also served as a photographer in residence for established artistic programs in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Bibliography
''Ananias Leki Dago, photographe'' by Ananias Leki Dago (photographs) and Yann Le Goff (text), Les éditions de l'œil, Paris, 2003
(French, Monograph, Softcover, 165x120mm, full colour, 24 pgs.)
''Et change de regards! : un appareil photographique pour changer de regard et vivre la solidarité'' by Ananias Leki Dago and
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Équilibres & populations, Paris, 2003 (French, 24cm, full colour, 65 pgs.)
''Shebeen Blues: The Wheel is Still in Spin'' by Ananias Leki Dago (photographs) and
Mongane Wally Serote
Mongane Wally Serote (born 8 May 1944) is a South African poet and writer. He became involved in political resistance to the apartheid government by joining the African National Congress (ANC) and in 1969 was arrested and detained for several m ...
(text), Éditions Gang, Ivry-sur-Seine, 2010 (French, 240x220mm, 122 pgs.)
''Mabati'' by Ananias Leki Dago (photographs),
Simon Njami
Simon Njami (born 1962 in Lausanne) is a writer and an independent curator, lecturer, art critic and essayist.
He published his first novel "Cercueil et Cie" in 1985, followed by "Les Enfants de la Cité" in 1987, and "Les Clandestins" and "Afri ...
(essays) and Billy Kahora (essays), edited b
Contact Zones Contact Zones NRB 06, Native Intelligence and Goethe-Institut Kenia, Nairobi, 2013 (English, 22 cm, 104 pgs.)
''La Nawa'' by Ananias Leki Dago (photographs) and
Érika Nimis (Ed., "Devoir de mémoire" (text), by Ananias Leki Dago), Éditions Gang, Conseil Régional de la Nawa, in co-production with Emerge and See!, and in co-publication with NEI-CEDA, Côte d'Ivoire, 2016 (French, 25x35cm, limited edition of 2000 copies, 184 pgs.)
''Rainy Days Abidjan'' by Ananias Leki Dago and
Véronique Tadjo, Éditions Éburnie, Abidjan, 2019 (French and English, 22×29.5cm, 96 pgs.)
Filmography
*''Ysasu: La Mode dans la rue André del Sarte'' (2007), directed by Yvonne Michele Anderson (Ruth Rachel Anderson-Avraham) (Still Photographer)
* ''Nous sommes'' (2007; dist. 2012) (Photographies / Still Photographer)
* ''Ananias Léki Dago - Photographe.'' (2016), directed by Sibylle Desjardins for the Fondation Zinsou (Soi-même / Himself, Photographies / Still Photographer)
* ''Je reste photographe'' (2022), directed by Ananias Léki Dago (Soi-même / Himself, Photographies / Still Photographer)
Awards
* 2004 - Distinction,
Kodak Prize of Critical Photography, Paris, France
* 2009 - First Prize, PhotoAfrica context, Tarifa, Spain
See also
*
Contemporary African Art
*
Culture of Côte d'Ivoire
References
External links
Ananias Leki Dago, Official Name Authority File, BnF(
Bibliothèque nationale de France
The Bibliothèque nationale de France (, 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository ...
)
Ananias Leki Dago on Facebook
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1970 births
Living people
People from Abidjan
Ivorian photographers