The Mask Does Not Arrive Quietly

A raffia Zangbeto masquerade spinning in the square before the temple at the Festival des Masques in Porto-Novo, Benin

At the Festival des Masques in Porto-Novo, music, movement and the reaction of the crowd are part of what photographer Kelvin Selasie Quist remembers most. Over two days in July, he photographed the masquerades moving through the festival, the people gathered around them and the moments in between. “I was drawn to the energy, colors, […]