Keta hosts photo exhibition in honour of FK Tagbor

For an eyeful of history, family lore, and tradition, all roads lead to Vui-Keta in the Volta Region from Saturday, April 16 to Monday, April 18, 2020 for the first ever grand photo exhibition.

The three-day event which opens from 9am and closes at 5pm daily would showcase the works of veteran and iconic photographer, Mr. Frank Kodzovi Tagbor of “Agfa Fotos” fame.

FK Tagbor, as he was popularly known, is a self-taught photographer who started photography as a hobby whilst in elementary school. (Profile on page 7).

The range of photos on display spans the 1950s and 2000s, and include social, political, educational, cultural, religious, individual and family collections among others.

Some photographic equipment from the beginning of FK Tagbor’s work, the 1950s to the 2000s will also be on display for those interested in the development of photography for the past seven decades.

The collections depict FK Tagbor’s photographic coverage of activities like sports, speech and prize-giving days of the secondary schools in the southern Volta, including Ketasco, Ketabusco, Anseco, Spaco and Zico.

Basic schools (Dzelukope RC A and B schools, Dzelukope EP, Vui Zion, Keta RC, Keta EP, Keta Zion and Anlo State schools) and churches like St. Peter Claver RC Parish, Dzelukope, the St. Michael-Pro Cathedral, Keta among others are also featured.

The Hogbetsotso Festival of the Anlo and other traditional events also feature greatly. Political events from the pre- and post Independence era are not left out.

Thus, those with an eye for the technological history of photography can feast their eyes on old equipment that did the trick before today’s technological revolution of selfies from phone cameras.

On show are not only the sights of Keta but the diverse traditional music of the Anlo, the sizzling and mouthwatering cuisine as well as the proverbial friendliness of the people of the area.

In all, the photo exhibition tells the story of southern Volta over half a century through the lens of FK Tagbor.  

The exhibition, billed to be an annual event on the Easter calendar of the Keta Municipality, is free but donations towards the establishment of a foundation that will organise the event going forward are welcome.

By Spectator Reporter