Ananias Leki Dago

Ananias Leki Dago
Born (1970-11-02) 2 November 1970 (age 54)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
NationalityIvorian
EducationInstitut National Supérieur de l'Action et de l'Animation Culturelle
Known forPhotographer

Ananias Leki Dago (born 2 November 1970) is an Ivorian photographer.[1][2][3]

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.[4][5]

During a period of exile living in Europe, resulting from political unrest in his native Côte d'Ivoire,[1][2] he worked for magazines such as Africultures and Regards.[6] From 1997 to 2001, he served as the Official Photographer for the Marché des arts et du spectacle africains (MASA), based in Abidjan.[7]

His photographs have been exhibited in museums and cultural spaces such as the Centre Pompidou[8] and the Musée de l’Histoire de l'Immigration in Paris, France; Fondation Donwahi[2][9] in Abidjan; the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden; the Philadelphia Museum of Art[10][11] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Biennale of Contemporary African Art (Dak'Art)[12] in Dakar, Senegal, and are part of the permanent collections of institutions such as the Fundació Vila Casas[13] in Barcelona, Spain; the Fondation Sindika Dokolo in Luanda, Angola; the Harlem Studio Museum in New York, New York; the Philadelphia Museum of Art;[5] the Musée du Quai Branly[14] and the Galeries Photo Fnac in Paris, France, as well as various international private collections.[2]

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".[15]

Founder of the first international photography festival in Abidjan, Les Rencontres du Sud,[6] and restorer of the negatives of Paul Kodjo - the "Father of Ivorian photography",[16][17][14] 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).[18][19][5] He has also served as a photographer in residence for established artistic programs in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.[2]

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.) ISBN 978-2-912415-70-7
  • 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.) ISBN 2-9517914-0-2
  • Shebeen Blues: The Wheel is Still in Spin, by Ananias Leki Dago (photographs) and Mongane Wally Serote (text), Éditions Gang, Ivry-sur-Seine, 2010 (French, 240x220mm, 122 pgs.) ISBN 978-2-918376-02-6
  • Mabati, by Ananias Leki Dago (photographs), Simon Njami (essays) and Billy Kahora (essays), edited by Contact Zones, Contact Zones NRB 06, Native Intelligence and Goethe-Institut Kenia, Nairobi, 2013 (English, 22 cm, 104 pgs.) ISBN 978-9-966155-34-4
  • 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.) ISBN 978-2-84487-729-1
  • Rainy Days Abidjan, by Ananias Leki Dago and Véronique Tadjo, Éditions Éburnie, Abidjan, 2019 (French and English, 22×29.5cm, 96 pgs.) ISBN 978-2-847703-96-2

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Leica Internet Team. "Ananias Léki Dago: Being There Where Things Are Fragile", The Leica Camera Blog, Leitz Park, Germany, 20 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e Kodjo-Grandvaux, Séverine. "Côte d’Ivoire : mélancolies d’un promeneur solitaire", Jeune Afrique (online), Paris, France, 25 September 2013.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Editor. "Fiche Personne : Ananias Leki Dago", Africultures (online), Paris, France, as referenced on 16 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b c 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.
  6. ^ a b Libong, Héric. "Abidjan Rencontres du Sud: The Birth of a Collection, Interview with Ananias Leki Dago", Africultures (online), Paris, France, 30 November 2000.
  7. ^ "Ananias Leki-Dago". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  8. ^ Njami, Simon. "Africa Remix : l'art contemporain d'un continent : exposition présentée au Centre Pompidou, Galerie I, du 25 mai au 8 août 2005", Centre Pompidou, Éditions du Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, 2005, 339 pgs., ISBN 978-2-84426-280-6, as referenced by WorldCat on 16 February 2020. Please consult Wikipédia France for further information about the historic Africa Remix exhibit held at the Centre Pompidou in 2005.
  9. ^ Ekra, Franck Hermann. "Photographie Afropolitaine : Le Photographe Ananias Léki Dago", Goethe-Institut (online), Goethe-Institut Côte d'Ivoire (page), Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, août 2013.
  10. ^ Feigin, Lev. "Three Photographers/Six Cities at the Philadelphia Museum of Art", Musée Magazine (online), Vanguard of Photography Culture, New York, New York, 7 October 2016.
  11. ^ Barberie, Peter / Brodsky Curator of Photographs, Alfred Stieglitz Center, Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Creative Africa: Three Photographers/Six Cities", The Philadelphia Museum of Art (online), Press Releases, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 13 May 2016.
  12. ^ Unnamed Curators. "Dak'Art 98 : biennale de l'art africain contemporain, Dakar 24-30 avril", Cimaise Art Contemporain, volume (yearly) 45, no. 253, Dak'Art, Unidentified Publisher, Paris, France, April 1998, 116 pgs., as referenced by WorldCat on 16 February 2020. Please consult Wikipedia Italy for further information about Dak'Art 98, containing a specific mention of Ananias Leki Dago.
  13. ^ Leki, Ananias / Photographer. "s/t" (photograph), Fundació Vila Casas (online), Barcelona, Spain, as referenced on 17 February 2020.
  14. ^ a b 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.
  15. ^ Scaringella, Massimo / Curator. "Ivory Coast: The Open Shadows of Memory", La Biennale di Venezia (online), Venice, Italy, 2019.
  16. ^ Nimis, Érika and Nur Goni, Marian / Editors. "Paul Kodjo : une œuvre en héritage – entretien avec Ananias Léki Dago", FOTOTA – Perspectives africaines en photographie (online), Paris, France, 25 May 2018.
  17. ^ Simonet, Dany. "ICI ABIDJAN - L’autre capitale de la photographie", Le Point (online), Culture, Paris, France, 28 May 2015.
  18. ^ Anonymous Author / Editor. "Shebeen Blues: Tasting the Joys of Leisure and Amusement in South Africa", OSIWA, OPENSPACE (online), In Pictures, Dakar, Sénégal, November 2014, pg. 78.
  19. ^ Cessou, Sabine. "Ananias Léki Dago, photographe urbain", rfi (online), Photographie, Paris, France, 18 September 2015.