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Koto Bolofo

Koto Bolofowas born in South Africa in 1959, but was raised in Great Britain after his family was forced to flee as
political refugees. Bolofo’s father, a history teacher, was found to have writings by Karl Marx among his teaching
materials and was exiled for his supposed “communist practices.” After nearly 25 years absence, father and son
returned to South Africa, which Koto documented in his short film The Land is White, The Seed is Black. Along with
his short films, Bolofo has worked for such prestigious publications as German Vogue, Italian Vogue, Italian Vanity
Fair, Nippon , L’Uomo Vogue, Russian Vogue, Italian Marie Claire, British GQ, Sport and Style, Provider and
many others. His advertising clients include Hermès, Banana Republic, Façonnable, Burberry, Levi’s, Alberta Ferretti,
Dom Pérignon and Keratese. Bolofo is currently based in Paris.