Ghanaian Photographer Gerald Annan-Forson Comes Into Focus with a US Retrospective

When Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Ghana in 1999 on an official visit, the British High Commission called Gerald Annan-Forson about photographing the monarch in a private session. Years beforehand, Annan-Forson had developed a habit of standing before Buckingham Palace with the dream of taking images of the queen or the royal family someday. The Commission’s request came as a surprise.“I said, ‘Well, wait a minute. She’s coming with all these pressmen. Why me?’