2012 Photo Contest, Arts and Entertainment, 2nd prize

Dakar Fashion Week

Photographer

Vincent Boisot

Riva Press for Le Figaro Magazine

09 July, 2011

A model poses in front of a tailor’s stall in the center of Dakar, Senegal during the ninth edition of the Dakar Fashion Week.

About the photographer

Vincent Boisot

Vincent Boisot is a French photographer living in Paris. After studying law, political science and photojournalism, he began his career as a press photographer with various ne...

Background story

A model poses in front of a tailor’s stall in the center of Dakar, Senegal, during the ninth edition of the Dakar Fashion Week. She is wearing a dress by US-based Senegalese designer Yolande Ngom Mancini.

The Fashion Week began in 2003, as a private venture without government support, at the initiative of former model turned designer Adama Paris and has become a leading showcase for design from across the continent.

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/180 sec
Focal length
20 mm
F-Stop
2.8
ISO
400
Camera
Nikon D700

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