He and his siblings attended optimal schooling from a young age, which resulted in a career in finance and corporate communications.
Prior to this, he had experimented in landscape photography, and later worked for fashion lines Bantu Wax and Adama Paris, among others.
[4] While he continues to work in the commercial field, his studio practice lies in the style of Fine Art portraiture; often self-portraiture.
Diop uses his own body to restage historical events, encouraging "the viewer to question the narrative of history that we are traditionally taught and see Black people themselves as the agents of change.
"[5] He produces work in series, and, much like Malian photographer Seydou Keïta, continues in the tradition of African studio photography.