James Barnor was born in Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana) in 1929. He established Ever Young, his first studio, in 1953, producing iconic portraits that captured a nation striving for modernity and independence. He moved to England in 1959 to study colour photography at the Colour Processing Laboratories (CPL) in Edenbridge in Kent and then enrolled at Medway College of Art in Rochester. Barnor is now recognised as a major figure in contemporary African photography.

Listen to his story here or read the full biography on the BURU: https://www.buru.org.uk/contributor/james-barnor