Africa Is a Country

Self-portraits in the Attic

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Self-portraits in the Attic

By
Tom Devriendt

We feature a selection of Togolese artist Hélène Amouzou's photographic work; self-portraits taken "mostly in her attic" in Brussels.  

All images by Hélène Amouzou.

The artist, Hélène Amouzou, was born in Togo in 1969 but has been living and working in Brussels for a while now. Some years ago, she took up photography. The results are self-portraits taken “mostly in her attic.”  There isn’t much else online about her work, though she talks about her artistic practice in this video (in French). Below is a selection of her work.

 

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