FINALIST OF THE ELLIPSE PRIZE 2024
Nauld Adjahuime
Born in Cotonou, Benin in 1992, François Arnaud Adjahuime, known as Nauld, practices photography for 8 years.
Nauld Adjahuime
finalist of the ellipse prize
dedicated to Benin
Seeking to document the cultural richness of his native country, the young man captures the very essence of communities, traditions and human experiences.
Fusing photojournalism and creative aesthetics, Nauld Adjahuime reinterprets the beauty of everyday life while exploring ancestral rites, particularly Voodoo cults, and their transmission to younger generations.
“Each image tells a profound and moving story, reflecting everyday reality while celebrating the often overlooked beauty of ordinary life.”
An innovative approach of ancestral rites
His contemporary vision mixes the abstract with the figurative, the mystic with the material, offering a new representation of these practices through subtle compositions where the divine and tangible worlds intertwine.
Blending movement and sacred narrative, his abstract photographs feature deities in a complex tangle of textures and colors, inviting the viewer to contemplate the depths of spirituality.
