333 pages illustrations (some color), portraits 28 x 22 cm
Type:
Interviews
Entretiens
Interview
Photobooks
History
Livres de photographies
Place:
Africa
Afrique
Date:
2019
21st century
21e siècle
Notes:
"This book is a project of the Goethe-Institut and continues the enquiries of the Photographers' Masterclass, a multi-year project founded by Simon Njami and the Goethe-Institut. Held annually between 2008 and 2018, the Photographers' Masterclass visited eight African cities and mentored more than 50 emerging photographers"--Colophon
AFA copy 39088019762095 gift from Janet Staney.
Contents:
Introduction -- Foreword / Klaus Krischok -- Welcome / Cara Snyman -- Introduction / Simon Njami and Sean O'Toole -- A tale from eight cities / Akinbode Akinbiyi -- Portfolios -- Eric Gyamfi -- Mimi Cherono Ng'ok -- Lebohang Kganye -- Gosette Lubondo -- Adeola Olagunju -- Mário Macilau -- Michael Tsegaye -- Monique Pelser -- Georges Senga -- Sammy Baloji -- Thabiso Sekgala -- Musa Nxumalo -- Jansen van Staden -- Macline Hien -- Sabelo Mlangeni -- Ala Kheir -- Moss Morwahla Moeng -- Essays -- Knowledge / Akinbode Akinbiyi -- Memory / Frédérique Chapuis -- Archive / Emmanuel Iduma -- Fiction / Simon Njami -- Home / Lucienne Bestall -- Rhizome / Katrin Peters-Klaphake -- Speed / Akinbode Akinbiyi -- Desire / Simon Njami -- Territory / Frédérique Chapuis -- Translation / Cara Snyman -- Performance, space and time / Nicola Brandt -- Wound / Katrin Peters-Klaphake -- Aftermath / Emmanuel Iduma
Summary:
This volume presents the work of 17 contemporary African photographers, all of whom are alumni of the decade-long mentorship program in Johannesburg, South Africa, helmed by curator Simon Njami and the Goethe-Institut. Hailing from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Sudan, the photographers included represent some of the most innovative perspectives in African photography today. Their photographs are complemented by 13 essays that consider the medium within this historical moment in Africa. Photographers include: Sammy Baloji, Eric Gyamfi, Macline Hien, Lebohang Kganye, Ala Kheir, Gosette Lubondo, Mário Macilau, Sabelo Mlangeni, Moss Morwahla Moeng, Mimi Cherono Ng'ok, Musa N. Nxumalo, Adeola Olagunju, Monique Pelser, Thabiso Sekgala, Georges Senga, Michael Tsegaye and Jansen van Staden
