Paul Sika Artist
Paul Sika is an Ivorian fashion and advertising photographer/creative director/artist, who was born in 07.01.1985, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.He studied software engineering at University of Westminster, United Kingdom between 2003–2007 and became a freelance photographer in 2008. In 2009 he was awarded a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship. [1]His works consist of the vibrant views of Africa in Technicolor- saturation, they are in general oversaturated color shots. In his works; he creates carefully staged environments using actors.When he discovered American artist Andy Warhol; he referred to himself as Warhol’s grandson. He said "“When I saw LaChapelle’s work, I thought, this is amazing. How can someone have such imagination? And when you go back in history, David LaChappelle was mentored by Andy Warhol. So it was more of the artistic-father thing, that’s why I referred to myself as Andy Warhol’s grandson.” [2]As CNN World wrote; "Ivorian artist Paul Sika is no ordinary photographer. His "one-frame films" are eye-catching explosions of color, falling somewhere between cinema and photography.The influence of the big screen is obvious in Sika's photographs, which resemble stills from an ultra-stylish, slightly surreal movie shot in glorious Technicolor." [3]
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- http://achebecenter.bard.edu
- http://articles.cnn.com/2010-05-10/world/paul.sika.images_1_cnn-images-photography?_s=PM:WORLD
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/2009/07/090707_paulsika_photography.shtml
- http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/paul-sika-photo.php
- http://www.featureshoot.com/2009/05/paul-sika-cote-divoire
- http://www.paulsika.com
- http://www.theafricareport.com/archives2/society-a-culture/3286501-creativity-knows-no-limits-.html