Dago (b. Senegal, 1951) takes the woman as the subject for his photographs. He paints women with coloured earth, mud, carbon powder or orchil. Through this, the women's skin appears to become stone, and she takes on the appearance of a sculpture. The nude is still a taboo in Senegal. In order not to be recognized, the women in the photographs avert their faces.

In his country photography is primarily associated with reportage, weddings, family portraits, etc. In his photographs Dago unites painting and sculpture, and in this manner wants to demonstrate that photography has wider possibilities. Dago studied at the Institute National des Beaux Arts in Dakar, and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.