angèle etoundi essamba, amsterdam

  • Cameroonian
    b.1962
    Amsterdam
    Nederlandse Fotovakschool (Dutch School for Professional Photography), Amsterdam
    Doyle Wham

  • In 2016 Angèle was awarded the 'National Knight of the Order of Valor' by the President of the Republic of Cameroon. In 2022 she had the honour of representing Cameroon at the 59th Venice Biennale. Her works reside in important international collections such as MoMA in New York + the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C.

"I have always believed that black + white photography has a special, timeless power, lending itself intensely to imagination + containing an undeniable mystery."

Angèle Etoundi Essamba