David Nana Opoku Ansah (b. Accra, Ghana) is an artist, photographer and filmmaker who explores freedom, community and quintessential aspects of humanity through analogue and digital mediums. His 'fly on the wall' perspective and world-building approach challenge the nature of how images should look and feel through fashion, contemporary image-making and portraiture.

His critically acclaimed ongoing project “Area Boys” captures themes of freedom, vulnerability, and the meaning of truth for coming-of-age Ghanaian boys. This project seamlessly bridges David's roots with his evolving identity as an image-maker, encapsulating the essence of his artistic evolution: “All things are worth photographing”.

In essence, David Nana Opoku Ansah embodies the spirit of artistic exploration and innovation, where every facet of the human experience is deemed worthy of being immortalized through the unique lens of his perspective.

“David Nana Opoku Ansah is a young Accra-based photographer and filmmaker whose images exist in the nexus between fashion photography and studio portraiture. His work explores community, freedom and the on-going socio-political temporalities in Ghana. David, who cites James Barnor as an influence, represents a generation of emerging continental Ghanaian cultural workers whose artistic practices are greatly informed by Barnor, yet breaks to forge new visuals articulations”

- Awa Konate of Culture Art Society