Life in Color

Life in Color celebrates color and coincides with the photographic rise of a contemporary Africa. By portraying young children from Koforidua, Sarfo Emmanuel Annor suggests the demographic importance of African youth and its power to shape the continent’s future. Through the lens of his IPhone and an optimistic eye, he expresses his vision of the African story. His portraits are deliberately colorful to open up new perspectives on both the photographic material and the daily life of African children. Inspired by the communicative energy of his surroundings, his work reveals the beauty in the moments of his everyday life in Koforidua and captures the innermost essence of each subject portrayed with special objects, from headscarf, to bags to pearl necklaces. Sarfo Emmanuel Annor believes that we are more emotionally connected to colors that we tend to think. Our brain associates emotions to specific colors. So by using warm colors, he hopes he can affect someone’s mood positively. While his portraits and the contrast between the backgrounds and the black skin transmit positive emotions, it also reveals socio-economic issues in Ghana. Life in Color, translates the happy and dynamic story of contemporary Africa. The artist magnifies the multiple variations of his community while inscribing himself in the heart of the Ghanaian cultural ferment. Sarfo Emmanuel Annor sublimates the color and accentuates the destinies of the continent in a joyful way.