Omar Victor Diop

Photographer
Omar Victor Diop

Omar Victor Diop is a photographer whose portfolio is a testimony on the history and current mutations of African societies in and out of Africa. His body of work comprises conceptual projects, staged portraiture and self-portraitures, with visual references ranging from classical European paintings to postcolonial African studio photography. His practice does not only include photography but also involves costume design, textile research and creative writing. His work has been shown at venues including Paris Photo and FIAC, the Arles Photography Festival and 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair in New York and London.

As of March 2016

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  • Young Ibrahima has spent his entire life in Mbile. When his mother, Hawa, fled the Central African Republic, she had to make the long, difficult journey while pregnant. They still have no news of his father’s whereabouts. Hawa hopes that Ibrahima will get an education and look after her in her old age.
    Mbile refugee site, Cameroon, 2015
    Photo by: Omar Victor Diop
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