Adama Jalloh Explained

Adama Jalloh (born 1993) is a British photographer of Sierra Leonean heritage whose work has been exhibited at Tate Modern and the V&A Museum. She specialises in portraiture and documentary photography.[1]

Early life and education

Jalloh was born in 1993 to Sierra Leonean parents and is based in London.[2] [3] She has a BA in commercial photography from the Arts University Bournemouth, and won the British Journal of Photography Breakthrough Award for a single image by an undergraduate in 2015.[4]

Career

Jalloh's work has been included in exhibitions including "After Hours: Soul of A Nation" (2015) at Tate Modern, London (featuring her commission Familiar Faces);[5] "Celebration of African Female Photographers" (2018) at Nubuke Foundation, Accra, Ghana;[6] "No Place Like Home" Friday Late (2019), V&A Museum, London (which exhibited her project "Love Story");[7] and "Bamako Encounters - African Biennale of Photography" (2019), Mali.[8]

From October 2020 to September 2021, the Horniman Museum in London hosted the exhibition "An Ode To Afrosurrealism" comprising photographs by Jalloh and Hamed Maiye.[9] [10] [11]

Jalloh has undertaken commissions from publications and organizations including Alexander McQueen.[12] In the area of music, she has portrayed artists including Zara McFarlane, Yussef Kamaal, Shabaka Hutchings, Little Simz, Freddie Gibbs, and Mr Eazi.

Jalloh's photograph of Selma Blair was the cover image of the May 2023 issue of Vogue Germany, the German edition of Vogue.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: D&AD Meets: POC Creatives — Photographer Adama Jalloh on heritage, collaboration and inspiring black women in the African Diaspora . D&AD . 1 February 2022 . en.
  2. Web site: Rogers . Fiona . Adama Jalloh . Firecracker . 1 February 2022 . 1 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Omar. El-Sabrout . Adama Jalloh — The Future Happened . The Future Happened. 1 February 2022 . en.
  4. Web site: Info . Adama Jalloh . 1 February 2022.
  5. Web site: After Hours: Soul of a Nation – Private view at Tate Modern . Tate . 1 February 2022.
  6. Web site: African Lens vol 4: Celebration of African female photographers . www.nubukefoundation.org . 1 February 2022.
  7. Web site: Friday Late: No Place Like Home . V&A . 1 February 2022.
  8. Web site: Photography Festival - Coming soon: The 12th edition of the Bamako Encounters - Biennale of African Photography . The Eye of Photography Magazine . 1 February 2022.
  9. Web site: An Ode to Afrosurrealism . Horniman Museum and Gardens . 1 February 2022.
  10. Web site: Johanson . Christabel . An Ode to Afrosurrealism . AFRICANAH.ORG . 1 February 2022 . 5 November 2021.
  11. News: Solarin . Ayoola . The importance of Afrosurrealism in 2020 . 1 February 2022 . i-D . 10 November 2020 . en.
  12. Web site: Commissions: Alexander McQueen . Adama Jalloh . 1 February 2022.
  13. News: Selma Blair über ihre MS-Diagnose: “Ich hatte immer Angst, dass man mich für unfähig halten würde” . 25 May 2023 . Vogue Germany . 20 April 2023 . de-DE.

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