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Omar Victor Diop
In the Field
A clip from the REFUGEE documentary showing Omar Victor Diop at work in the field.
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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…
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REFUGEE explores the lives of refugees from a host of diverse populations dispersed and displaced throughout the world.
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Exhibit
REFUGEE
REFUGEE explores the lives of refugees from a host of diverse populations dispersed and displaced throughout the world.
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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.