Burning Ground

The most important step to understanding Africa today is not to blink. All over the continent, the middle-class is growing and the societies are changing. In particular, there is an increasing focus on the individual. This series tries to focus on the growing individuality, where personal ambition, expectations and dreams are now exceeding basic necessities. My work is set in Ghana, a country that has not wholly changed, but where key differences are evident. I chose to portray ordinary people who I met on the street, focusing on moments where the individual becomes clear. An absence, deeply lost within themselves and maybe revealing something for us The cultural development of a middle-class in the West took decades. In Ghana, the technological developments take place in just a few years, while the culture and the people struggle to adjust. What's at risk is a disappearance of local identity and the unthinking adoption of foreign popular culture.