"People go there for the golden sand and nightlife but they don't really integrate with the community who live there. I wanted to show how they fish in traditional canoes, how they rest, how they play."
"The community is centred on fishing. They're all very fit and I was drawn to the way they look after each other and the pride they take in where they're from."
"I wanted to photograph them in a collaborative way, so that it wasn't just me going there and observing; it was them presenting themselves as they wanted to be seen."
"It's a beautiful thing, to celebrate where they are from, what home is to them and what that means."
Labadi, a tourist resort in Accra, reveals a vibrant community often overlooked by visitors. The local fishing culture is highlighted through traditional canoe practices. The community's pride is evident in their interactions and the way they care for each other. A focus on collaborative photography allows residents to present themselves authentically. The project involved capturing portraits in both environmental and mobile studio settings, celebrating the essence of home and heritage across five communities, contrasting the photographer's own disconnected experience in London.
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