Aperture 227 - Summer 2017
Platform Africa
This summer, Aperture takes an in-depth look at the dynamic spaces that have shaped conversations about photography in Africa for the last twenty-five years—the biennials, experimental art spaces, and educational workshops in which artists and audiences interact with photography.
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The biennials, festivals, and educational
spaces changing the shape of African
photography.
Aperture takes a detailed look at the dynamic spaces that have shaped conversations about photography in Africa for the last twenty-five years—the biennials, experimental art spaces, and educational workshops in which artists and audiences interact with photography. Platform Africa presents a new generation of artists, and is produced in collaboration with guest editors Bisi Silva, founder and artistic director of the Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos, Nigeria; John Fleetwood, director of the South Africa–based platform Photo and former head of the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg; and Aïcha Diallo, associate editor of Contemporary And.
Format: Paperback / softback
Publication date: 2017-05-25
Measurements: 9.25 x 12 x 0.6 inches
ISBN: 9781597114196
Table Of Contents
Front
Agenda
Radical Women, Walker Evans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Arwed Messmer, and David Hockney
Redux
Geoffrey Batchen on The Era of the Photograph, 1966
Backstory
Maria Morris Hambourg on Irving Penn
Curriculum
by Leslie Hewitt
Words
Editors’ Note: Platform Africa
Five Cities, Five Platforms
Contributions by Emmanuel Iduma, Serubiri Moses, Carole Diop, Yasmine El Rashidi, and Brendan Wattenberg
Bamako Revisited
by Bisi Silva
Through the Lens
by Franziska Jenni
The Lives of Samuel Fosso
A Conversation with Yves Chatap
School Days
by Sean O’Toole
Truth Telling & High Fashion
by Rita Potenza
Pictures
Sabelo Mlangeni
Introduction by Bongani Madondo
Malala Andrialavidrazana
Introduction by Antawan I. Byrd
Mimi Cherono Ng’ok
Introduction by Hansi Momodu-Gordon
Nico Krijno
Introduction by Sara Knelman
Jody Brand
Introduction by Jenna Wortham
Ashley Walters
Introduction by Candice Jansen
Abdo Shanan
Introduction by Kaelen Wilson-Goldie
Délio Jasse
Introduction by Silas Martí
Eric Gyamfi
Introduction by M. Neelika Jayawardane
François-Xavier Gbré
Introduction by Sean Anderson
Back
Aperture Beat
Object Lessons
Self-Portrait by Chief S. O. Alonge, Nigeria, ca. 1942
Online Exclusives
Can African Critics Rewrite the Story of African Photography?
M. Neelika Jayawardane in conversation with Emmanuel Iduma
A Readymade World in the Heart of the Country
by Matthew Leifheit
Camerawork Now
by Rahima Gambo
Screen Legends
by Khanya Mashabela
Learning From Addis Ababa
by Brendan Wattenberg
In Cameroon, A New Platform for Emerging Photographers
AMET (Elsa M’bala) in conversation with Christine Eyene and Landry Mbassi
Between Two Worlds
Zineb Sedira in Conversation with Colline Milliard
Malala Andrialavidrazana Redraws the Map
By Missla Libsekal and Sonia Recasens
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