Behind the Burning Sun is a poetic and dreamlike journey that began in Gambia and was inspired by the novel Roots by American author Alex Haley. In this book, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1977, Haley recounts the story of Kunta Kinteh, a child captured in the village of Juffureh and enslaved. Through this family story, the writer gives voice to the fragmented journey of his ancestors and, more broadly, to a living collective memory.

Behind the Burning Sun is a photographic tale that stands on the margins of historical narrative and refuses to speak on behalf of others. 

This artistic approach is characterized by a careful and silent approach: traveling along the banks of the Gambia River to capture the diffuse or persistent traces of intertwined memories. This work is a metaphorical visual narrative, where memories, joys, and fears intertwine. Haley's words and the symbols of Roots have nourished the imagination, transforming themselves into images - between memory, silence, and poetry.