Anne Tapler White


About

Born in Troy, New York, now resides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her artistic career began with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, majoring in Printmaking, but she has worked in a variety of mediums. Anne's Africa project "Red Earth: Africa", documenting the everyday life of the African people was completed in 2019, traveling from Accra, Ghana to Cape Town, South Africa. Anne has now covered the entire coast of Africa from Senegal to Cape Town, and has also spent time in North Africa and Ethiopia. Anne has exhibited internationally and is a Black and White Magazine Single Image award winner in 2014 and 2016, and has also received a 2015 Portfolio Spotlight award for her West Africa series. Her entries in ND AWARDS 2014 and 2015 received honorable mention. The photograph titled "Juliet" was awarded Honorable Mention in the Professional section People category of the 2017 Monochrome Awards. A selection of photos from Accra to Senegal received a Portfolio Spotlight Award in Black and White Magazine and appeared in the April 2019 issue.


Works

A Goodbye Look, Sippo Island, Senegal

Afternoon Games, St Louis, Senegal

Arithmetic on the Wall, St Louis, Senegal

Braiding Her Hair, Bureh Village, Sierra Leone

Bureh Village Classroom, Sierra Leone

Can You See Me, N'Doulo, Senegal

Clean Sweep, Cape Skirring, Senegal

Daniels Family, Makeni, Sierra Leone

Juliet, Freetown Sierra Leone

Lining Up for School, Kambama Village, Sierra Leone

Kaiaf Health Center, Kaiaf, Gambia

Morning Coffee, Cape Skirring, Senegal

Sheltered from the Rain, Makeni, Sierra Leone

The Punishment, Near Elmina, Ghana

Trust Nobody, Bamako, Mali

Two Salutes Bamako, Mali

Village Bakery, N'Doul, Senegal

Woman with the Polka Dot Dress, St Louis, Senegal

Before School, Kambama Village, Sierra Leone

School Class, Kintampo Falls, Kintampo, Ghana

School Girl, Kintampo Falls, Kintampo, Ghana

Daniel's Mother, Makeni, Sierra Leone

Presbyterian church, Kumasi, Ghana

Afternoon in Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin

Community Hall, Langa Township, Cape Town, South, Africa

Graffiti, Langa Township, Cape Town, South Africa

Caught in the Rain, Akosombo, Ghana

Her Backyard, Buanchor, Nigeria

At the Schoolyard Gate, Kan-yaka, Nigeria

Heading to School, Kikomvo, Angola

Hanging Out in Lubango, Lubango, Angola

Afternoon Games, Mondesa Township, Swakopmund, Namibia

The Present, Ganvie, Togo

Afternoon Ride, Ebolowa, Cameroon

Father & Child, Pygmy Village, Near Kribi, Cameroon

T Shop, Mondesa Township, Swakopmund, Namibia