Togolese German Fashion photographer Delali Ayivi has made a name for herself with some high-profile shoots. But her success shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise: after all, photography is in her blood.
Togolese German Fashion photographer Delali Ayivi has made a name for herself with some high-profile shoots, including photographing Aminata Touré, Germany’s first Black minister, for the cover of Vogue Germany last year.But her rapid success since starting professionally in 2019 shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise: after all, photography is in her blood.
Acolatse’s work inspired her to focus on fashion, particularly the social messages it can communicate. For her, Acolatse’s photography challenges stereotypes of the African continent. “I’m really generalizing here, but it’s often a foreign gaze that serves a certain agenda that justifies developmental aid and all of these things,” she said. “Seeing imagery that didn’t serve this purpose at such an early stage was what inspired me.
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