I photograph the moment whenthe visible begins to tremble.
I do not photograph to prove. I photograph to shift.
My work starts from the real, but refuses proof as its destination. I do not photograph what things are. I try to photograph what they go on producing in us once we stop merely looking at them.
I work with light, matter and traces. My series were born in Benin, with the Egoun-goun and the Zangbéto, in the sacred forest of Ouidah and on the coast. They are brought together in my first book, Présences.
Meet the artist
Mouvement Sacré des Âmes
The Egoun-goun, those who return. A series born after the loss of my parents, between abstraction and figuration.
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Zangbéto: Guardian of the Night
The night guardians of Porto-Novo, photographed in the presence of the Zangan. Twenty works between colour and black and white.
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Nature Divinité
Faces and presences emerging from the bark, the roots and the wounds of wood, in the sacred forest of Ouidah.
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Vibration Côtière
On the coast of Benin: bodies, sea, wind and sand. A black-and-white breath on the shores of the soul.
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Vestiges Sacrés
Thirty-five works born from the Odyssée residency, on the architecture of Claude-Nicolas Ledoux. A project in development.
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François Arnaud Adjahuime, known as Nauld
Born in 1992 in Cotonou, where he lives and works. A photographer since 2017, an artist since 2018. His practice sits at the meeting point of contemporary photography, visual experimentation and sensitive storytelling.
- 2026 – 2027Regards Croisés residency, Afro-Musée de Montréal
- 2026Odyssée residency, Saline royale d'Arc-et-Senans
- 2026Ellipse Prize 5th anniversary exhibition and AKAA, Paris
- 2026The book Présences
- 2025ECOFEST, Galerie nationale, Dakar
- 2024Finalist, Ellipse Art Projects Prize
Right now
The Ellipse Prize turns 5
Zangbéto IV, V and VI on show at 62 rue Charlot. Opening on 14 October.
AKAA, Also Known As Africa
My work is shown at the contemporary art and design fair centred on Africa.
Regards Croisés Québec-Bénin
International residency with the Afro-Musée de Montréal: act 1 in Cotonou, then Montreal.
The Collection
Images born between two projects, during a journey, an encounter or a light. Portraits, shorelines, ceremonies: signed, limited-edition Fine Art prints for collectors, private buyers, hotels and companies.
“Every presence is an invitation to look differently.”
For an acquisition, an exhibition, a residency or a project, write to me. I reply in French and English.