Nyaba Leon Ouedraogo
Biography
Born June 10, 1978
Nyaba Ouedraogo could have run the 400 meters, but a serious injury caused this former 32-year old athlete from Burkina Faso to turn to photography. Assistant to Paris photographer Jean-Paul Dekers, still-life photographer, fashion and industrial photographer. A travel enthusiast, he is now devoting himself to photographic journalism.
His approach, as much photojournalism as it is documentary work, consists in “not showing images for what they depict, but for what they transmit”. Co-founder of the group “Topics Visual Arts Platform”.
Personal Exhibits
Angers, September 2009
“Children of Bahia”, Paris, June 2006
“On the Spot”, 7 Parnassiens, Paris 2005
“Contemporary Wheeling and Dealing”, Casablanca, Morocco, 2004
Collective Exhibits
“A Visa for the Image”, Perpignan, August 31, 2009
“Inter-views: Contemporary Caribbean Photography”, Fondation Clément, Martinique, February-May 2009
Publications in Magazines
View (Photography), June 2010, The Hell of Copper
Usbek et Rica, June 2010, The Granite Breakers
Photo, no. 460, June 2009
GEO, April 2009
Courrier International #26, December 2008 and February 2009, The Hell of Copper
Prizes and Awards
Finalist, “La Planète Manche” International Prize, 2010
“Coup de Coeur” Prize, Bourse du Talent Competition, 2010
“Coup de Coeur” Prize, Bourse de Talent, 2009
Selected for the “Social Photography” competition, city of Sarcelles, 2008
Agency: Sipa Press
