[The Guardian] ‘There are always cool things happening in Accra’: Derrick O Boateng’s best phone picture

‘There are always cool things happening in Accra’: Derrick O Boateng’s best phone picture

In one of his favourite communities to shoot in, the Ghanaian photographer spotted four brothers …

Dressed in matching golden shorts to signify their brotherhood, and helmets to symbolise protection, siblings Ibrahim, Nana Kofi, Benjamin and Kojo were smiling down the lens of Derrick O Boateng’s iPhone 12. The Ghanaian photographer was in Nungua town, in the capital, Accra – one of his favourite communities to shoot in. “There are always all sorts of cool things happening there: the busy market, kids on the beach, people fishing or playing football,” he says.

Bold colours are typical of his work; he coined the term Hue-ism to “create a bigger podium for artists like myself, painting with the colours of the continent, creating colour therapy and visual poetry showcasing the African perspective.”

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