In Photos: From Ghana to Paris

Ghana, 1958

The series is seen as important and distinctive not only for being in color but also that it’s the only known photographic documentation of its kind during this period.

Texaco Station, Togo, 1958

’Creative photography does not have anything to do with location, projects or causes as such, yet it can involve any one of them,’ he wrote. ‘It is a need to express something within the photographer. A creative photograph is one seen through the photographer. The reason for making the photograph is often unexplainable.’