Antoine Tempé

Antoine Tempé is a French photographer who has made work in New York City, West Africa and France.

Life and work Tempé studied business in France and moved to New York City to work in the financial field in 1984. He began his work as an amateur photographer in 1989, but by 1991 was spending about half his time working in photography. He became a full-time photographer in 2000.

His images, in the form of large, carefully executed, black-and-white prints that often measure up to 4 feet in height, have been exhibited in Europe, the U.S. and Africa. His work has been featured in magazines such as Photo Magazine, Le Monde 2 and Libération, among others.

Publication Afrique, Danse Contemporaine. Paris: Cercle d'art; Centre National de la Danse, 2008. With Salia Sanou. .