By Damian Zane - BBC Published 5 March 2023 on BBC.co.uk Above: Photographer JK Bruce-Vanderpuije took this picture of an Accra football team in the 1920s A decades-old photograph from Ghana's Deo Gratias studio, now in its centenary year, demands attention. It is not one of dozens snapped in a hurry to be swiped through and then forgotten. The photographer and the subjects clearly spent time on the composition and production. That time needs to be repaid. One day in the 1930

By: Francis Kokoroko, Cooper Inveen on Reuters.com (Reuters) - A generation before the Gold Coast became Ghana, local photographer J.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije opened a small studio in the then-colonial capital Accra, where his family would become the de facto visual historians of a nation that had not yet been born. Above: Portraits from Ghana's Colonial era are displayed at the Deo Gratias Photo Studio, Ghana's oldest photography studio still operating in Jamestown, Accra, Ghana

As Seen on GhanaWeb: It's a beautiful sight! A room full of wonderful memories captured in black and white photographs that tell stories. Established in 1922, this photo studio, established by Ghanaian- born J.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije was brought to life. Having been inspired by happenings around, Bruce-Vanderpuije, then 23 years old, decided to acquire a camera and chase his passion. The Deo Gratias photo studio was then birthed from a Latin phrase "Thanks Be to God", to reflect

It's heritage month and the perfect time to celebrate Ghana's history through the camera lens of Deo Gratias founder, J.K Bruce-Vanderpuije and son Isaac Bruce-Vanderpuije. Check out our segment on CitiTV's Upside Down show where the two hosts, Nana Tuffour Boating, Frema Adunyame and Mr. Daniel Tetteh share our stories from the late 1920s.

A personal memoir based on a collective interview with Ghanaian photographer Isaac H. Bruce-Vanderpuije.