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Cédric Kouamé (1992) is a multimedia artist, DJ and radio host (also known as African Diplomat or Gifted Mold archives) born in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. He holds an advanced technician certifi cate in Communication and was trained at the project space Klaym in Abidjan, where he was mentored by photographers Joana Choumali and Flurina Rothenberger. Additionally, he’s done several residencies and workshops with sculptors Kafana Soro and Daniel Bamigbadé. Currently living and working in Abidjan, he divides his practice between sculpture, photography and performative activations. His photographic work consists of street portraiture, architecture photography – mostly shot on 35mm fi lms – and a collection of damaged positives and negatives, which he started in 2012. Most of those pictures are refl ecting the clash between vernacular and modernism, the impact of this clash on the Ivorian social environment and the idea that a photo even damaged will always withdraw an emotion or a story to its owner.