ABIY MAMO

ABIY MAMO AZENE is a photographer and videographer, and one of the founding members of Stonedog. He was born in Ethiopia, in 1975, into a photographic family. His early years were spent in his father’s two studios, where he learned the basics of portraiture and darkroom techniques. He came to the UK in 1990 to avoid being abducted by the army to fight in the Ethiopia-Eritrea war. He studied photography at Kingsway College, Farringdon, and has since worked in numerous photographic labs in London. His private photographic work includes society and special occasion photography as well as portraiture, documentary and abstract work. He teamed up with Ishmael in 2006 to explore art photography and filmmaking. He was second camera on Kenji Yoshida-Artist of the Soul.

Websites: www.abiymamo.com / www.photogeny.biz