This personal project by Alexander Beer is part of the London-based photographer’s recent trip to Accra to document the city’s sub cultures and collaborate with local creatives. Teaming up with streetwear brand Arcminute, they headed to Jamestown, one of the most ancient and storied areas of the Ghana, to visit the House of Pain boxing gym. Renowned for nurturing world-class boxers, here they met athletes of all ages and both sexes including members of the national boxing team, and were invited back by the coach to shoot the next day. “We turned up early and the boxers were all preparing to train,” Beer recalls. “The women were incredible - sparing like they were in an Olympic final with one round left to go. Their raw energy and strength makes for compelling imagery.”

See Alexander Beer’s Accra story with creative Kweku Yeboah here

Photography Alexander Beer

Published on 05/12/2019