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Thursday, December 1, 2011
In pictures: Abidjan's photo flash mob
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<br /> <ul id="gallery" class="noscript"> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_1"><br /> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57006000/jpg/_57006531_img_5938.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57026000/jpg/_57026444_img_5938.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="Children at Abidjan&#039;s photographic flash mob"/></a><br /> <span class="picGalCaption">Photographers from across Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan met for the country’s first ever photographic flash mob at the weekend, with a rendez-vous coordinated through social media.</span><br /> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_2"><br /> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57013000/jpg/_57013403__mg_6998.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57026000/jpg/_57026445__mg_6998.jpg" width="60" height="81" alt="Yeleen taking a photo"/></a><br /> <span class="picGalCaption">The event gives impetus to a growing band of young Ivorian photographers making use of the internet, digital cameras and photo-sharing sites to build a following around the world.</span><br /> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_3"><br /> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57013000/jpg/_57013445_img_3583-aaa11.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57026000/jpg/_57026446_img_3583-aaa11.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="Young man standing on one hand"/></a><br /> <span class="picGalCaption">Ivory Coast has a long photographic tradition but some aspiring artists complain that these days it is not easy to study photography in the West African country.</span><br /> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_4"><br /> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57006000/jpg/_57006536_yvanakreflashmobedition.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57026000/jpg/_57026447_yvanakreflashmobedition.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="Audrey Carlalie Okou takes a photo"/></a><br /> <span class="picGalCaption">“Now people are interested in photography – because of Facebook firstly and the photography is improving and people like the new photography, the new techniques,” says young Ivorian photographer Audrey Carlalie Okou.</span><br /> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_5"><br /> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57007000/jpg/_57007973__mg_6946.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57026000/jpg/_57026448__mg_6946.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="A photographer showing his work"/></a><br /> <span class="picGalCaption">“Of course I dream of being a photographer – it will be difficult in Ivory Coast I know. But I like photography and I will do my best to be a photographer,” she adds. The path to becoming a professional is certainly no easier here than elsewhere.</span><br /> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_6"><br /> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57007000/jpg/_57007975_290193_272300666148903_165544156824555_746764_1392854316_o.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57026000/jpg/_57026449_290193_272300666148903_165544156824555_746764_1392854316_o.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="A young woman posing by a window"/></a><br /> <span class="picGalCaption">As well as photographers, models, film-makers, painters and other artists turned up to take part. “We’re trying to bring that unique experience and show creativity out of the continent and show that there’s much more happening in Africa than people think,” says Ishy Coulibaly, one of the organisers.</span><br /> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_7"><br /> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57007000/jpg/_57007979__mg_6999.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57026000/jpg/_57026450__mg_6999.jpg" width="60" height="81" alt="A child with a camera"/></a><br /> <span class="picGalCaption">“I lived in Oregon, USA for four years there and getting postcards in your mail box talking about malnutrition and people dying in Africa is not really the right thing to see. As soon as I came to Ivory Coast, I made it a mission for me to show positivity out of the continent - these people here are electric,” says Mr Coulibaly.</span><br /> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_8"><br /> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57007000/jpg/_57007981_fantabypaulsika@flashmob.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57026000/jpg/_57026451_fantabypaulsika@flashmob.jpg" width="60" height="81" alt="A young woman by a road"/></a><br /> <span class="picGalCaption">One of the forerunners of this new breed of young Ivorian photographers has been Paul Sika with his trade-mark colour-saturated photos.</span><br /> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_9"><br /> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57008000/jpg/_57008697_paulsikaflashmob.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57026000/jpg/_57026452_paulsikaflashmob.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="A young couple"/></a><br /> <span class="picGalCaption">“It’s quite amazing to see how the Ivorian people are strong after what they want through and just to be able to celebrate life and showing that we’re a strong people,” says Mr Coulibaly. Between January and May, Abidjan was the seen of heavy fighting in a post-election dispute.</span><br /> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_10"><br /> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57008000/jpg/_57008699__mg_7020.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57026000/jpg/_57026453__mg_7020.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="Abidjan street"/></a><br /> <span class="picGalCaption">“You wouldn’t believe it that there was a war that went down a couple of months ago. Now it’s a brand new world and people are just aspiring and hoping for a better future,” he adds.</span><br /> </li> <li id="picGalleryNoScript_11"><br /> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57008000/jpg/_57008694_img_9671c.jpg" ><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57026000/jpg/_57026454_img_9671c.jpg" width="144" height="81" alt="A young man in counterlight"/></a><br /> <span class="picGalCaption">The event was organised by the Ivorian APPA (Association of Amateur and Professional Photographers) along with Racines and AMN Africain Corp Media Network. Text and interviews: John James, BBC. Photos: John James, Paul Sika, Atomique Supertronique, Yvan Akre, Audrey Carlalie Okou, Samuel Ouedraogo, Luca Sage</span><br /> </li> </ul> <br />
Photographers from across Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan met for the country’s first ever photographic flash mob at the weekend, with a rendez-vous coordinated through social media.
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