Ananias Léki-Dago, the Ivorian still photographer who worked together with Ruth Rachel Anderson-Avraham (née Yvonne Michele Anderson) in order to document the collaboration of Jhon Su and French graffiti artist DaCruz (née Patrick Dacruz) in Ysasu: La Mode dans la rue André del Sarte (2007), was one of three photographers featured in the Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibit entitled, "Three Photographers/Six Cities", which took place from 30 April to 25 September 2016. "This exhibition [offered] an in-depth look at three photographers [Akinbode Akinbiyi, Seydou Camara and Ananias Léki-Dago] who create powerful pictures of African cities: Cairo, Nairobi, Lagos, Johannesburg, Bamako, and Tombouctou." In May 2017, the Alfred Stieglitz Centre at the Philadelphia Museum of Art acquired twenty (20) of Ananias Léki-Dago's works from Johannesburg, Nairobi and Bamako. (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
Jhon Su, Creator of "Ysasu", and French graffiti artist DaCruz continue to collaborate on one-of-a-kind fashions...
In the mid-2000's, Ruth Rachel Anderson-Avraham lived right around the corner from Ysasu in the rue Charles Nodier, the center of Paris' Marché Saint-Pierre textiles and fabrics district. She first met Jhon Su while shopping in the neighborhood, as he tended his store. In addition to unique clothing by international emerging designers and beautifully crafted shoes, Ysasu had become famous for selling "les petites culottes" (cute tiny underwear)...