Later, he trained with J.A.C Holm (another Ghana-based photographer) for three years before establishing his own studio aged just 23.
This subject of this image of Miss Ghana taken in 1958 was identified by her grown-up children.
J. K. Bruce Vanderpuije/Courtesy Deo Gratias Studio/Efie Gallery“Once, a photographer from South Africa visited and said, ‘You guys are sitting on a goldmine,’” she explained.
With a shift in new technologies and the way we interact with photography evolving, however, Tamakloe acknowledged that most people now look elsewhere for their mementos.
“People do come and have passport pictures taken, but it’s not as busy as it used to be,” she said.
Persons:
J.K, Bruce, Vanderpuije, ” Kate Tamakloe, “, ”, Kwame Nkrumah, Bruce Vanderpuije, Tamakloe, rectifying, Aïda Muluneh, ” Muluneh, James Kobla, J.A.C Holm, — Isaac Hudson Bruce, ‘, ’ ”, “ I’m, Seth Anthony, Kojo Ababio, Deo Gratias, we’re, it’s
Organizations:
CNN, Albert Museum, Efie, Accra Royal School, Miss, Miss Ghana
Locations:
London, Ghanaian, Victoria, Ghana, Britain, Accra's Jamestown, Jamestown, Accra, —, Dubai, Africa, British, Miss Ghana, South Africa, Ethiopia, West Africa