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Philip Kwame Apagya (born 1958) is a Ghanaian photographer who specialises in colour studio portraits against painted backdrops.〔("Philip K. Apagya: Aspirational backgrounds in studio portraiture" ), Luminous-Lint.〕 He lives and works in Shama, Ghana.〔(Philip Kwame Apagya biography ), Contemporary African Art Collection.〕 ==Life and career== Born in Sekondi, Apagya was the son of a photographer, and apprenticed in his father's studio as a boy. He studied photojournalism at the Accra School of Journalism before opening his own studio in Shama, on Ghana's west coast, in 1982.〔("Philip Kwame Apagya" bio ), the National Museum of African Art.〕 He is known today for his studio portraits made using brightly colored backdrops.〔Amy Griffin, ("Exhibition offers a fresh, complex view of Africa" ), ''Times Union'', 6 April 2012.〕 Apagya's work is in The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi.〔(Contemporary African Art Collection by Jean Pigozzi/ )〕 Philip Kwame Apagya's works have been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the Sheldon Art Galleries in Nebraska, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to name a few. His photographs are in many collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY Philip Kwame Apagya is represented by Fifty One Fine Art Photography in Antwerp, Belgium.〔(Philip K. Apagya page ) at Fifty One.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philip Kwame Apagya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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