African Photographer J. a. Green Reimagining the Indigenous and the Colonial
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
16.10.2017
Herausgeber
Lisa Aronson + weitereVerlag
Indiana University PressSeitenzahl
400
Maße (L/B/H)
25.1/21.7/2.7 cm
Gewicht
1444 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-253-02895-2
J. A. Green (1873-1905) was one of the most prolific and accomplished indigenous photographers to be active in West Africa. This beautiful book celebrates Green's photographs and opens a new chapter in the early photographic history of Africa. Soon after photography reached the west coast of Africa in the 1840s, the technology and the resultant images were disseminated widely, appealing to African elites, European residents, and travelers to the region. Responding to the need for more photographs, expatriate and indigenous photographers began working along the coasts, particularly in major harbor towns. Green, whose identity remained hidden behind his English surname, maintained a photography business in Bonny along the Niger Delta. His work covered a wide range of themes including portraiture, scenes of daily and ritual life, commerce, and building. Martha G. Anderson, Lisa Aronson, and the contributors have uncovered 350 of Green's images in archives, publications, and even albums that celebrated colonial achievements. This landmark book unifies these dispersed images and presents a history of the photographer and the area in which he worked.
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