In/sight

In/sight
Author: Clare Bell
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 290
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Presenting the work of 30 diverse photographers from throughout Africa since 1940, this is the complete catalogue of an exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

In/sight

In/sight
Author: Regina Woods
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2
Release: 1996
Genre: Photography
ISBN:

In/sight

In/sight
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Photography
ISBN:

In/sight

In/sight
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 275
Release: 1996
Genre: Photographers
ISBN:

Portraiture and Photography in Africa

Portraiture and Photography in Africa
Author: John Peffer
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2013-07-24
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0253008727

Beautifully illustrated, Portrait Photography in Africa offers new interpretations of the cultural and historical roles of photography in Africa. Twelve leading scholars look at early photographs, important photographers' studios, the uses of portraiture in the 19th century, and the current passion for portraits in Africa. They review a variety of topics, including what defines a common culture of photography, the social and political implications of changing technologies for portraiture, and the lasting effects of culture on the idea of the person depicted in the photographic image.

African Ecomedia

African Ecomedia
Author: Cajetan Iheka
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2021-08-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1478022043

In African Ecomedia, Cajetan Iheka examines the ecological footprint of media in Africa alongside the representation of environmental issues in visual culture. Iheka shows how, through visual media such as film, photography, and sculpture, African artists deliver a unique perspective on the socioecological costs of media production, from mineral and oil extraction to the politics of animal conservation. Among other works, he examines Pieter Hugo's photography of electronic waste recycling in Ghana and Idrissou Mora-Kpai's documentary on the deleterious consequences of uranium mining in Niger. These works highlight not only the exploitation of African workers and the vast scope of environmental degradation but also the resourcefulness and creativity of African media makers. They point to the unsustainability of current practices while acknowledging our planet's finite natural resources. In foregrounding Africa's centrality to the production and disposal of media technology, Iheka shows the important place visual media has in raising awareness of and documenting ecological disaster even as it remains complicit in it.

Defiant Images

Defiant Images
Author: Darren Newbury
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Apartheid
ISBN: 9781868885237

"Photography is often believed to witness history or reflect society, but such perspectives fail to account for the complex ways in which photographs get made and seen, and the variety of motivations and social and political factors that shape the vision of the world that photographs provide. This book develops a critical historical method for engaging with photographers to try and understand how they viewed the work they were doing, and examines the place of photography in a post-apartheid era. Based on interviews with photographers, editors and curators, and through the analysis of photographs held in collections and displayed in museums, this research addresses the significance of photography in South Africa during the second half of the twentieth century"--Cover

Africa

Africa
Author: Maria Grosz-Ngaté
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2014-04-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 025301302X

“Much has changed in Africa and in African studies . . . but one constant has been the enduring excellence of the anthology Africa.” —International Journal of African Historical Studies Since the publication of the first edition in 1977, Africa has established itself as a leading resource for teaching, business, and scholarship. This fourth edition has been completely revised and focuses on the dynamism and diversity of today’s Africa. The latest volume emphasizes contemporary culture–civil and social issues, art, religion, and the political scene–and provides an overview of significant themes that bear on Africa’s place in the world. Historically grounded, Africa provides a comprehensive view of the ways that African women and men have constructed their lives and engaged in collective activities at the local, national, and global levels. “From all indications, the fourth edition of Africa should not only endure the test of time, but also be found exceptionally useful by a wide spectrum of scholars, including college professors and their students in general.” —Africa Today

Photography and American Coloniality

Photography and American Coloniality
Author: Raoul J. Granqvist
Publisher: MSU Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2017-04-01
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1628952881

This book is the first to question both why and how the colonialist mythologies represented by the work of photographer Eliot Elisofon persist. It documents and discusses a heterogeneous practice of American coloniality of power as it explores Elisofon’s career as war photographer-correspondent and staff photographer for LIFE, filmmaker, author, artist, and collector of “primitive art” and sculpture. It focuses on three areas: Elisofon’s narcissism, voyeurism, and sexism; his involvement in the homogenizing of Western social orders and colonial legacies; and his enthused mission of “sending home” a mass of still-life photographs, annexed African artifacts, and assumed vintage knowledge. The book does not challenge his artistic merit or his fascinating personality; what it does question is his production and imagining of “difference.” As the text travels from World War II to colonialism, postcolonialism, and the Cold War, from Casablanca to Leopoldville (Kinshasa), it proves to be a necessarily strenuous and provocative trip.