Stunning, colour-saturated, studio photographs by a Senegalese photographer whose costumed portraits and self-portraits reflect on the history of Black Africans and the African diaspora. Text in English and French.
"In 2016, the Senegalese photographer Omar Victor Diop began what he calls the “liberty project”, dramatising in his studio defining moments of black history." - Tim Adams, The Guardian
"Stunning and vibrant, the studio portrait photography of Omar Victor Diop is breathtakingly brilliant." - Amateur Photographer
Renée Mussai is a curator, writer, and art historian. For the past ten years, she has led Autograph ABP's art programs while simultaneously organising numerous exhibitions in Europe, Africa, and the United States. She is a research associate at the University of Johannesburg and a doctoral candidate in art history at University College London.