Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou was born in Porto-Novo in 1965. He is the son of Benin photographer Joseph Moise Agbodjelou (1912-2000). He does not have a formal education and was trained by his father. They were traveled together with portable studio. They used a traditional colorful fabrics as a background for the people portraits they made. Leonce Agbodjelou founded the first Photography School in Benin. He serves as the President of the Photographer’s Association of Porto-Novo.
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2011 Egungun Project. A Sumptuous Masquerade, Jack Bell Gallery, London. 2015 Egungun Masquerades, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. 2017 The Egungun Project: One man show, Kleinschmidt Fine Photographs, Wiesbaden.