Keba Armand Konte

Meaning “Father Storyteller”, Keba Armand Konte has certainly made it his life work to tell the stories of some of the most important moments and influential people in recent history through his incredibly deep photo montages. Using wood and other materials on which to transpose photographic images, Konte’s works do not only depict great moments in history. These moments are displayed atop a piece of the history itself. Konte utilizes this technique in one of his recent pieces “NOLA’s Ark: Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?” in which he set transparent images of the devastation of Katrina atop pieces of rubble left behind in the storm, creating a material memory.

Konte’s pieces have also served as narrations for the most memorable moments in Black history in the United States, such as the Million Man March and the L.A. Riots. He has also captured political figures like Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks, and Cesar Chavez as well as musical artists like Erykah Badu, Outkast, and the late great Tupac Shakur.

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