Adama Jalloh (born 1993) is a British photographer of

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an heritage whose work has been exhibited at

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and the

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. She specialises in portraiture and documentary photography.

Early life and education

Jalloh was born in 1993 to

an parents and is based in London. She has a BA in commercial photography from the

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, and won the ''

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'' Breakthrough Award for a single image by an undergraduate in 2015.

Career

Jalloh's work has been included in exhibitions including "After Hours: Soul of A Nation" (2015) at

, London (featuring her commission ''Familiar Faces''); "Celebration of African Female Photographers" (2018) at Nubuke Foundation, Accra, Ghana; "No Place Like Home" Friday Late (2019),

, London (which exhibited her project "Love Story"); and "Bamako Encounters - African Biennale of Photography" (2019), Mali. From October 2020 to September 2021, the

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in London hosted the exhibition "An Ode To Afrosurrealism" comprising photographs by Jalloh and Hamed Maiye. Jalloh has undertaken commissions from publications and organizations including

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. In the area of music, she has portrayed artists including Zara McFarlane, Yussef Kamaal,

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, and

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. Jalloh's photograph of

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was the cover image of the May 2023 issue of ''

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'', the German edition of ''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jalloh, Adama 1993 births Living people 21st-century British photographers 21st-century British women photographers 21st-century Black British women British people of Sierra Leonean descent Alumni of Arts University Bournemouth