14. TrooRa The Color Issue Summer '22

Kwame’s Eye-Phone Artistic Photography Kwame Acheampong, born in Accra, Ghana, is a passionate photographer and artist who captures his images and communicates his artistry through the lens of his iPhone camera.

BY CRISTINA DEPTULA

K wame Acheampong’s Instagram account blossoms with joy: people flexing, wading and diving

strong and joyful, even the people in

Covid masks. Photography

was originally a side project for Acheampong, a way to find images to accompany his poetry. He fell in love with uncovering and creating images, though it became a separate art form

for him. He still captures images with only his iPhone 12 Pro Max, showing that one does not need vast amounts of camera equipment to create distinctive work.

into water, or enjoying fields of flowers. The sensibility is bright and playful: bold reds and oranges and yellows against the blues and greens of the natural scenes. Everyone looks

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