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James Barnor HonFRPS (born 6 June 1929) is a Ghanaian photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street and studio photography, Barnor represents societies in transition in the 1950s and 1960s: Ghana moving toward independence, and London becoming a multicultural metropolis. He has said: "I was lucky to be alive when things were happening...when Ghana was going to be independent and Ghana became independent, and when I came to England the Beatles were around. Things were happening in the 60s, so I call myself Lucky Jim." He was Ghana's first full-time newspaper photographer in the 1950s, and he is credited with introducin

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  • Frederick Seton James Barnor (geboren am 6. Juni 1929 in Accra, britische Kronkolonie Goldküste) ist ein ghanesisch-britischer Fotograf. Er war der erste Pressefotograf Ghanas und hat wesentlich zur Verbreitung der Farbfotografie in Westafrika beigetragen. Seine Fotos dokumentieren unter anderem das Leben der schwarzen Diaspora in Großbritannien in den „Swinging Sixties“. (de)
  • James Barnor (né Frederick Seton James Barnor) est né le 6 juin 1929 à Accra en Côte de l'Or, actuel Ghana. Il est un photographe ghanéen, basé à Londres depuis les années 1990. Sa période d'activité en tant que photographe s'étend sur quarante ans. Il a été à la fois le témoin de la période coloniale puis de l'accès à l'indépendance du Ghana et aussi de la société multiculturelle de Londres dans les années 1960. Il se lance dans le photojournalisme à Accra en 1950, à une période où la photographie se pratiquait principalement en studio au Ghana. Il est aussi le premier à ouvrir un laboratoire de photographie couleur au Ghana à son retour d'Europe. (fr)
  • James Barnor HonFRPS (born 6 June 1929) is a Ghanaian photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street and studio photography, Barnor represents societies in transition in the 1950s and 1960s: Ghana moving toward independence, and London becoming a multicultural metropolis. He has said: "I was lucky to be alive when things were happening...when Ghana was going to be independent and Ghana became independent, and when I came to England the Beatles were around. Things were happening in the 60s, so I call myself Lucky Jim." He was Ghana's first full-time newspaper photographer in the 1950s, and he is credited with introducin (en)
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