Black Excellence: Paul Ninson
Big dreams: He’s the founder of a leading African photobook library
Ghanaian photojournalist Paul Ninson was thrilled — and surprised.
When he came to New York to study photographyfive years ago, he found a trove of images of life in Africa, past and present, in the archives of the city’s libraries, galleries and museums.
Here he was thousands of miles from Ghana surrounded by more visual history of Africa than he had ever seen back home.
That paradox led to an idea: create a library of photobooks in Ghana to bring the African story home, allowing people to learn about their history and give them the tools to tell new stories of the continent.