Kameni Michel - l'invitation

Tirage vintage de Michel Kameni.
Exemplaire unique. Tiré en 1970
Studio Kameni , Yaoundé

Tirage argentique de 17,5x12,5cm


Michel Kameni (1936-2020), nicknamed “Papami” is a Cameroonian photographer. His work explores the evolution of a postcolonial Yaounde by portraying its inhabitants with incredible kindness and passion. These images are more than just a document, they are also an intimate study of the relationship between the photographer and his subject.
In September 1963, he opened a photo studio in the Briqueterie district of Yaoundé, where the whole of Cameroonian society passed before his lens, from all social circles and different cultural backgrounds, Christians and Muslims, urban socialites to provincial farmers, all travelling through this great city.

His work has been exhibited all over the world and published.


Brooklyn Museum / Africa Fashion - June 2023 / October 2023
Art Gallery of Ontario / You look beautiful like that - Dec 2022 / June 2023
Victoria & Albert Museum London / Africa Fashion - May 2022 / April 2023
Royal Ontario Museum / Breaking The Frame - August 2021 / January 2022​
Musée National de Yaoundé - March/May 2020
African Studies Gallery - January/June 2020
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair London 2019 - October 2019