Delphine Diallo
Delphine Diallo or Delphine Diaw Diallo (born 1977 in Paris) is a French-Senegalese photographer. She was originally based in Saint-Louis, Senegal but now works in New York City.
Biography
Diallo was born in 1977 to a Senegalese father and a French mother painter. She chose to study arts and graduated in Visual Arts from Académie Charpentier in Paris.[1][2] She subsequently worked in the music industry for seven years, before she launched into photography. She went to her country of origin and settled in Saint-Louis, the place of origin of her father. There, she established a photography studio and started taking photographs of her family for her first series named Renaissance.[3] The studio was named Magic in tribute to Malian photographer Malick Sidibé, who influenced Diallo's early works.
Diallo moved to New York City in 2008. She met Peter Beard, who showed interest for her creativity. They worked together on the Pirelli Calendar in Botswana.[4][5]
In 2012, Diallo was listed among the 26 emerging photographers by the ICP, among the emerging stars of photography by Smithsonian, and in 2013 among the 30 emerging photographers by Photo District News.[6][4]
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2005: African Photography Encounters in Bamako, Mali
- 2009: African Photography Encounters in Bamako, Mali
- 2011: African Photography Encounters in Bamako, Mali
- 2011: Kornhaus Museum in Bern, Switzerland
- 2012: Dakar Biennale, Senegal[7]
- 2014: Femme photographe at Onomo Hotel in Dakar, Senegal[8]
- 2015: ReSignifications: Imagining the Black Body and Re-Staging Histories in Florence, Italy[9]
- 2015: We are family at Photoquai in Paris, France[3]
- 2016: Unseen Photo Festival in Amsterdam, the Netherlands[10]
References
- "Delphine Diallo" (in French). Photoquai. 2015.
- Delcourt, Maxime (November–December 2016). "Delphine Diallo". Fisheye (in French) (21). p. 37.
- "Photoquai 2015 : We are family". 20 minutes (in French). September 21, 2015.
- "Delphine Diallo". Life Force Magazine. November 2014.
- "The Masked Expressions of Delphine Diallo". Creators. March 8, 2016.
- Avedon, Elizabeth (December 25, 2014). "New York Times Portfolio Review: The Photographers". The Eye of Photography.
- "La Biennale Dak'Art 2012 finit en beauté au Sénégal". Allafrica (in French).
- "Femme photographe en exposition à Onomo". Wak Hart (in French). December 6, 2014.
- "Photos That Celebrate — and Challenge — Feminine Ideals". T Magazine. August 13, 2015.
- Seymour, Tom (August 31, 2016). "African Portraiture at the Unseen 2016 Fair and Festival". British Journal of Photography.