Nii Obodai
Nii Obodai, Untitled 3 from the series Who knows tomorrow, Ghana, 2010. © Nii Obodai
Nii Obodai, Natural House, Ghana, 2010, from the series Who knows tomorrow. © Nii Obodai
Nii Obodai, Volta Lake, Ghana, 2010, from the series Who knows tomorrow. © Nii Obodai
About Nii Obodai
Francis Nii Obodai Provençal is based in Accra, Ghana, and Maputo, Mozambique. He works with photography, audio, and text, focusing on using photography to record and celebrate the unseen and everyday aspects of life in Africa. His profound interest in how the past is remembered is partly influenced by aphantasia, a condition that prevents him from forming mental images.
In 1998, he co-founded Nuku Café in Accra, which later evolved into Nuku Studio and eventually the Nuku Photo Festival, Ghana’s first photography festival. Nii Obodai’s work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Addis Ababa Festival, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Bamako Encounters.
Nii Obodai, Maputo Matola Rio 2, Maputo, Mozambique, 2017, from the series Paradox of Paradise. © Nii Obodai
Nii Obodai, Mount Namuli, Mozambique, 2017, from the series Paradox of Paradise. © Nii Obodai
Nii Obodai, Maputo Marginal, Mozambique, 2017, from the series Paradox of Paradise. © Nii Obodai