STILLS by tjletsa.

Tjletsa. Photographer, Storyteller. Accra,Ghana.

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Mother and Child. "UNTAMED" is an ongoing portrait photoessay exploring people from different walks of life and how they choose to wear their hairstyles. Growing up in Ghana, it has always been important to wear your hair in a way that society feels comfortable with. In a close knit community such as the Ghanaian one, people are perceived by the way they choose to wear their hair. UNTAMED celebrates the beauty of diversity and individuality by showing how individuals from different walks of life wear their hair in its natural state.

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Great Portrait photographs are special because there are at least two people involved in their making: the photographer and the subject. Neither has complete control over the other. And so portraiture becomes a negotiation between parties, a dance of wills that results in a collaboration of sorts. In the very best portraits, both sides play a part. The photographer pries loose those things that words can’t describe, that very essence that makes a person who they are. They snatch it out of the ether and pass it along to us. Here's from me and Omon blanks to you. . . Also, this photograph forms part of my ongoing portrait series - #UNTAMED .

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Kambree Design | @kambreedesign

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African Lens Exhibition: Cape Town

We would like to thank everyone that attended the opening and shared a wonderful experience with us.

Incase you missed the opening, The exhibition can still be seen all month at TAJ, Cape Town

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Mikhalia Petersen, Cape Town - South Africa

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AFRICAN LENS EXHIBITION 

We need everybodys help on this, it has been a longtime coming. I have always dreamt of exhibiting across Africa. Many other African photographers I have met also share this dream. Finally, you can join me and other African photographers turn our dream into a reality. 

Please click here to invest  in our crowdfunding campaign. Spread the word, contribute if you can, like the posts, reblog!

With every investment, comes benefits. Choose from an African Lens 4 magazine publication, Limited edition tote bag (100 copies only), Hard cover collectors edition of African Lens (440 pages) to so many other rewards and benefits. 

These are truly exciting times for us African Photographers!

Link : https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/african-lens-exhibition-photography#/

Photo by : Yannis Guibinga, Gabon. 

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Please watch the short video and contribute to our movement. We need everybody’s help on this, it has been a longtime coming. I have always dreamt of exhibiting  across Africa. Finally, you can join me and other African photographers turn our dream into a reality. Watch and share, link to the crowdfunding page coming soon!!

Many thanks!

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Portrait: Shiare Mountain Village

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Accra Photo in square format. 

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Baba Swali & Wife

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“art does not reproduce what we see; rather it makes us see”. ~ Paul Klee

From what I remember the little girl in the frame trying to lift the load in front of her could not have been more than 6/7 years. I watched her for a bit as she went about her duties with grace. 

Accra, 2016

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July 14, Makola

Accra, 2016

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Focus more on how much you have done, how honest it is and how it moves you forward. Focus less on how many people have seen it.

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Street Photography by Tj Letsa

At the beginning of the year, I started doing some street photography. Taking my camera out regularly on the streets of Accra and capturing moments which meant a lot to me. These moments may have passed many by easily but not me. Over the years I have learnt to train my eye, recognize every photo worthy moment, focus my camera and then press the shutter. 

I was steadily  building my collection of street photographs. But as fate would have it, this project got put on hold. My macbook got stolen along with most of my raw files. This seemed like a setback. But there’s a saying that “❝ Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. ❞ So I made the best out of the experience, picked up my camera and once again, started photographing everyday life in the streets of Accra. 

Kindly click on the link above to view a few photographs from my street photography series. I will be adding more photographs from time to time so please do check back regularly.