Deo gratias

American

[dey-oh grah-tsee-ahs] / ˈdeɪ oʊ ˈgrɑ tsiˌɑs /

Latin.

thanks to God.

Deo gratias British

/ ˈdeɪəʊ ˈɡrɑːtɪəs /

DG. thanks be to God

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A decades-old photograph from Ghana's Deo Gratias studio, now in its centenary year, demands attention.

From BBC

The Deo Gratias studio, still in the same place where it was founded just over 100 years ago, has stacks of old pictures and glass plates in its darkrooms, she says.

From BBC

What emerges from the 50,000 images that still exist in the Deo Gratias archive is a record of a transforming society.

From BBC

They believe their Deo Gratias photo studio is the oldest in West Africa.

From Reuters

Virtually unchanged since opening in 1922, Deo Gratias sits on a busy street in the heart of Jamestown, the capital's oldest district.

From Reuters

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