Verger Pierre

Pierre Verger was born in Paris (France)1 and died in Salvador de Bahia (Brazil), was a French photographer and ethnologist.

He also bore the name Fatumbi ("Ifa made him be reborn", in Yoruba), following his initiation as Babalawo, priest of Ifa (Orunmila), the Yoruba deity of creation.
He devoted most of his work to the religions of the Gulf of Guinea (mainly Fon and Yoruba) and to Afro-Brazilian religions (mainly Candomblé).