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Barnor first moved to London in 1959, and his reportage of the capital during the 1960s records the emergence of a modern, multicultural city. The outfits worn by two wedding guests combine Western and traditional West African fashions into a global 1960s style. The leafy backdrop and telephone box locate this multicultural scene on British streets. \r\n\r\nThe V&A acquired five photographs by James Barnor as part of the Staying Power project. Staying Power is a five year partnership between the V&A and Black Cultural Archives. The project aims to explore black British experience from the 1950s to the 1990s through photographs acquired by the V&A and oral histories conducted by Black Cultural Archives. ","physicalDescription":"Black and white photograph depicting two women standing on a path in a park in front of a traditional red British telephone box wearing smart clothing. 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Although intended as personal mementos for\r\nthe sitters, his studio photographs also record changes\r\nin Ghanaian society in the 1950s and ’60s. Policewoman\r\nSelina Opong, who poses in one of the photographs, was\r\none of the first female police officers to graduate from the\r\nnewly established police academy in Accra. Barnor later\r\nmoved to London, where his reportage work for magazines\r\nshowed the emergence of a modern, multicultural city.\n\r\nGelatin silver prints (printed 2011)\r\nMuseum nos. E.102, 104 to 106-2012","date":{"text":"16/02/2015-24/05/2015","earliest":"2015-02-16","latest":"2015-05-24"}}],"partNumbers":["E.102-2012"],"accessionNumberNum":"102","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":2012,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Limited Edition Number","id":"THES57639"},"number":"2/10"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-03-25","recordCreationDate":"2012-01-31","availableToBook":false}}