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Galerie—Peter—Sillem presents a solo show by two-time World Press Photo Award winner Denis Dailleux with photographs from Ghana.

"I first discovered Ghana when I came across the beautiful book Paul Strand dedicated to this country. It made such an incredible impression on me that on that day, I promised myself that I would one day go and photograph Ghana."

Denis Dailleux was born in 1958 in Angers, France. He has published several books on Egypt (especially Cairo), his impressions of the "Arab Spring," and Ghana. Dailleux has received numerous international awards, including the Monographies Award in 1997, the World Press Photo Award in the Portrait category in 2000, the Hasselblad Award in 2000, the Fujifilm Award in 2001, and the World Press Photo Award in 2014 in the Staged Portraits category (2nd place), and the Prix Roger Pic in 2019. He is a member of the Agence VU and currently lives in Paris.

His work is part of numerous institutional and private collections, including the Agnès B. private collection, the Fond National d'Art Contemporain, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, and the Neuflize Vie collection.