StandardVision Artist Showcase: Exploring Cultural Identities and the African Diaspora Identities with Yannis Davy Guibinga

For the month of November, StandardVision has curated a site-specific showcase of photographer Yannis Davy Guibinga’s Of Color series across a number of StandardVision’s large-scale exterior displays throughout Los Angeles.

Born in Libreville, Gabon and now based in Montréal, Guibinga’s practice reframes narratives of the African continent through a vivid, contemporary lens. His portrait photography celebrates identity, culture, and belonging, and documents a new generation of Africans who embrace the multiplicity of their heritage in a globalized world. Through meticulous use of color, form, and light, Guibinga constructs images that are both intimate and expansive, honoring individuality while reflecting collective histories.

Guibinga’s series Of Colour explores how color itself becomes a language of emotion, memory, and identity. The images examine the symbolic weight of each hue, and how tone and light can communicate joy, pride, and the complexity of Black experience. For Guibinga, color transcends aesthetics; it is a vessel for storytelling, carrying traces of both personal feeling and cultural resonance.

Yannis Davy Guibinga has worked with global brands including Apple, Nikon, and Adobe, and has exhibited his work internationally in England, South Africa, Nigeria, France, Switzerland, and beyond. His work has been featured by CNN Africa, i-D Magazine, and Document Journal. His photographs are held in prominent collections such as the Wedge Collection in Toronto, affirming growing influence in contemporary visual culture.

Catch selected works from Of Color on view at 3rd Street Crossing, 888 N Vermont, Kurve LA, Sunset Spectacular, and more through November 30th, and learn more about the artist on Instagram.