Jean-Dominique Burton

Jean-Dominique Burton, born on 13 October 1952 in Huy (Belgium), is a Belgian photographer and filmmaker, author of several books of photographs focusing on Europe, Asia and Africa. Since 1978, numerous exhibitions have been dedicated to his work, in Europe (in galleries and in the Paris metro ), Africa ), North America (San Francisco and Stanford University ) and Asia. Many of his works have also been included in public and private collections. Since the early 2000s, he has been working on African civilisations, building a trilogy on Porto-Novo, Abomey and Ouidah, three cities in Benin that played an active part in the history of the Slave Trade and of which the island of Gorée (Senegal) has become the symbol.

Since 2010, he has also been making short documentaries and/or contemplative films, as animated and audio complements to his photographic approach.

Since its creation in 2005, he has been linked to the Fondation Zinsou (Cotonou-Benin) with which he has held three exhibitions and three publications. He is also present in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Ouidah (Villa Ajavon), inaugurated by the Foundation in 2013.

In Africa, Jean-Dominique Burton has produced photographic works dedicated to the traditional chiefs of Burkina Faso, Beninese Voodoo, the Nago hunters of Bantè, Benin, the Matonge neighbourhoods of Kinshasa and Brussels, the city of Porto-Novo and the island of Gorée.

When he is not travelling, Jean-Dominique Burton lives in Belgium, in Rixensart, a small municipality in Walloon Brabant.