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The picture is the reflection of matter in the luminous instant, but very few are able to sublimate the moments of life by giving them a sensitive breath through static images, freezing life in time. Bill Akwa Bétotè was one of those whose crackle of the camera engraved with captivating nostalgia, the manifestation of the essence of life, in unique moments to the tremolo of sound and movement. Photographer of music, Bill Akwa Bétotè knew how to make his photographs dance under the colorful musical tunes of his native Africa, embracing a world to which she has given so much, but remains unknown.
Witness to history, he left to posterity pictures that tell the rhythm and joie de vivre of African music, which came to meet the rest of the world in the Paris of the 80s.
The Paris of the 80s remains the major period of cultural proliferation between the peoples of the north and the south. And Bill Akwa Bétotè was there to witness it.
Bill Akwa Bétotè saw Paris become the music capital of the world, with Afro sounds entering the world of show business. From world music to Hip hop via Reggae and Afro beat, Bill Akwa Bétotè recorded through the lens of his camera, the birth of a world of unique sounds, which will mark generations of music lovers worldwide
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Bill Akwa Bétotè
The world music photographer took his last shot
Guillaume Ajavon