• About
  • News
  • Friends
  • Applications
  • Contacts
SHOP
  • London
    • Home
    • Exhibitors
    • Artists
    • Press
    • Archive
  • New York
    • Home
    • Artists
    • Exhibitors
    • 1-54 Forum
    • Partners
    • What’s On
    • Special Projects
    • VIP Portal
    • Press
    • Archive
  • Marrakech
    • Home
    • Press
    • Partners
    • Archive
  • Paris
    • Home
    • Artists
    • Exhibitors
    • Forum
    • What’s On
    • VIP Portal
    • Press
    • Partners
    • Archive
  • Artists
  • Exhibitors
  • 1-54 Forum
  • Partners
  • What’s On
  • Special Projects
  • VIP Portal
  • Press
  • Archive
Menu

Barnor, James

Born 1926 in Accra, Ghana
Lives and works in London, UK

James Barnor, NIFA NIFA, 1974, Lambda print, 70 x 70 cm, Edition of 10 + 1 AP (#2/10). Courtesy of October Gallery. 

James Barnor (HonsFRPS) began by setting up a studio in Accra which was visited by the public as well as dignitaries. He also worked for the Daily Graphic, as their first photojournalist, and Drum magazine. After moving to the UK in 1959, he continued to work on commissions for Drum, in London, shooting models for its covers. Barnor’s portraits depict the self-assurance and individualistic fashion trends that dominated both London and Accra.

In October 2016, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of Ghana, Barnor was awarded the Order of the Volta. In 2019 a retrospective of Barnor’s work opened at the new Nubuke Foundation, Accra. In 2020, he received an Honorary Fellowship from The Royal Photographic Society. This May, Serpentine, London will launch the largest survey of his work to date. His work is in collections such as the V&A, National Portrait Gallery, Tate, and Government Art Collection, all London and Musée du quai Branly, Paris.

Selected Artists

Jewel Ham

Dindga McCannon

Morgan Mahape

Joël Bigaignon

Bre Andy

Boluwatife Oyediran

Thandiwe Muriu

Lewinale Havette

Artists 2022

  • A

    • Abi Salami
    • Alshaikh Idrees
    • Audrey Lyall
  • B

    • Bashaer Hawsawi
    • Bertina Lopes
    • Boluwatife Oyediran
    • Bre Andy
  • C

    • Chinaedu Nwadibia
    • Cosmo Whyte
    • Cristiano Mangovo
    • Crystal Yayra Anthony
  • D

    • David Uzochukwu
    • Demarco Mosby
    • Didier Viodé
    • Dindga McCannon
    • DuduBloom More
  • E

    • Elias Mung’ora
    • Everlyn Nicodemus
  • F

    • Fahamu Pecou
  • H

    • Hend Adnan
  • I

    • Ibrahim El Dessouki
  • J

    • Jess Atieno
    • Jewel Ham
    • Joël Bigaignon
    • Johanna Mirabel
    • Johnson Ocheja
  • K

    • King Houndekpinkou
    • Kpé Innocent
  • L

    • Leila Rose Fanner
    • Lewinale Havette
    • Lord Ohene
    • Ludovic Nkoth
  • M

    • Michael Reese
    • Morgan Mahape
    • Moshekwa Langa
    • Moustapha Baidi Oumarou
  • N

    • Nicolas Coleman
  • P

    • Preston Sampson
    • Prince Gyasi
  • R

    • Renee Cox
    • Roméo Mivekannin
    • Ryan Cosbert
  • S

    • Salifou Lindou
    • Sanaa Gateja
    • Senzeni Marasela
  • T

    • taylor barnes
    • Thandiwe Muriu
  • W

    • WonderBuhle Mbambo
  • Y

    • Yoan Sorin
  • Z

    • Zéh Palito

Sign up to our Newsletter

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • Instagram
  • Artsy
Buy limited edition bags
Privacy Policy

Sign up to our Newsletter