Delali Ayivi
Delali is a Togolese and German photographer, dedicated to contribting diversified images of black communities. Delali was born in the US in Baltimore but grew up in Germany. Delali started by photographing her friends and family in Germany, Togo, and Malawi. Finding her great great grandfather’s work, one of the first Togolese photographers Alex A. Acolatse, inspired Delali to document people with a focus on fashion.
In 2019, Delali started a project called “togo Yeye” which scouts innovative Togolese talent and creates work that hopes to document and empower the Togolese creative community. Togo Yeye has been exhibited at the Photo Vogue festival 2021 and has one the pH Museum New Generation Prixe 2022. In February 2022 Togo Yeye opened a solo exhibition commissioned by the Palais de Lomé. She has since put out two series: “Heimat(In Quarantine)” and “Reflections on ‘Heimat’” - the projects earned Delali the title Foam Talent 2021, and were shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing National Portrait Gallery Prize.![]()
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Delali is a Togolese and German photographer, dedicated to contribting diversified images of black communities. Delali was born in the US in Baltimore but grew up in Germany. Delali started by photographing her friends and family in Germany, Togo, and Malawi. Finding her great great grandfather’s work, one of the first Togolese photographers Alex A. Acolatse, inspired Delali to document people with a focus on fashion.
In 2019, Delali started a project called “togo Yeye” which scouts innovative Togolese talent and creates work that hopes to document and empower the Togolese creative community. Togo Yeye has been exhibited at the Photo Vogue festival 2021 and has one the pH Museum New Generation Prixe 2022. In February 2022 Togo Yeye opened a solo exhibition commissioned by the Palais de Lomé. She has since put out two series: “Heimat(In Quarantine)” and “Reflections on ‘Heimat’” - the projects earned Delali the title Foam Talent 2021, and were shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing National Portrait Gallery Prize.
