// about
Quiet pictures.
Slow work.
I make quiet, portrait-forward images for editorial, fashion and cultural clients — mostly across West Africa, and increasingly abroad.
// the_photographer
Kwabena Asare
Editorial · portrait · fashion campaigns
I've been shooting professionally for seven years — first as a fashion assistant in Lagos, then as a staff photographer for a Ghanaian magazine, and independently since 2022.
The work sits in the space between editorial portrait and quiet fashion — often 35mm film, always available-light where possible.
I take on eight to twelve commissioned projects a year, and one long-running personal series (currently: a book on second-generation Ghanaian barbers in London, out 2027).
// working_gear
Leica M6Contax T3Hasselblad 500 C/MSony A7 IVPortra 400 / 800HP5 pushed to 1600
// timeline
Seven years, briefly.
2019
First staff role at a Ghanaian style magazine — Accra.
2021
Left to freelance. First international editorial commission — British Vogue supplement.
2023
Started Second Chair — the long-form documentary project on London's Ghanaian barbers.
2024
First solo show — Autograph ABP, London.
2025
Vogue Africa December cover. First campaign for Osei Duro.
2026
Booking editorial and campaign work between Accra, Lagos and London. Print list opens twice a year.
// press
Selected features and press.
British Journal of Photography
Ones to Watch, 2024
The Guardian
Weekend feature, 2025
1854 Media
Portrait of a Nation cover, 2023
Aperture
Emerging photographer, 2023
It's Nice That
Feature interview, 2022
Vogue Africa
Cover · December 2025
7
Years shooting
62
Editorials shot
9
Countries worked
2027
Book releasing