Sights & Sounds: Kwabena Sekyi Appiah-Nti
Common Discourse is a project designed to help others (and ourselves) think through creativity, focus, and intentional work—from Alex Tan & Alice Otieno.
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Kwabena Sekyi Appiah-nti is a Ghanian-Belgian photographer based in Amsterdam. He primarily photographs through a documentary lens, capturing the joys of boyhood and manhood within the black diaspora.
I first came across Kwabena’s work through a project titled Le Soleil, made in collaboration with Amsterdam based publishing press Root To Fruits. The project complies a collection of imagery from Kwabena’s family archive. I was immediately drawn to the tactile and tender feeling consistent throughout his work, alongside his commitment to pushing an image’s display, beyond expected conventions.
Since then, his project “Golden Boy” has continued to evolve, being featured in magazines such as Sixteen Journal and spaces such Black Rock Senegal. His work is currently on view at Stedelijk NL until March 2025.
Here’s what he shared with us this week.
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