On the Job in Abomey: Portraits of Working People in Benin

Despite differences in geography, history, and culture, the nature of work is a shared experience. A photographic documentation of life and traditions in Benin, West Africa.

On the Job in Abomey: Portraits of Working People in Benin features the photographs of Darcy Drew Greene. Among the more than 40 individuals interviewed and photographed by Greene were an electrician, a carpenter, a school teacher, a natural healer and a veterinarian. The exhibit shares the stories of the workers and some of the products of their work. For instance, along-side the portrait of textile worker Jean Jacques Yèmadjè is a tapestry made by him. Other artifacts on view include an ancestral altar, ceremonial pottery, wood carvings and fabrics.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.