Africa State of Mind: Contemporary Photography

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A continent-spanning survey of the most dynamic scenes in contemporary African photography, and an introduction to the creative figures who are making it happen

Africa State of Mind gathers together the work of an emergent generation of photographers from across Africa, including both the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa. It is both a summation of new photographic practice from the last decade and an exploration of how contemporary photographers from the continent are exploring ideas of ‘Africanness’ to reveal Africa to be a psychological space as much as a physical territory – a state of mind as much as a geographical place.

Dispensing with the western colonial view of Africa in purely geographic or topographic terms, Ekow Eshun presents Africa State of Mind in four thematic parts: Hybrid Cities; Inner Landscapes; Zones of Freedom; and Myth and Memory. Each theme, introduced by a text by Eshun, presents selections of work by a new wave of African photographers who are looking both outward and inward: capturing life among the sprawling cities and multitudinous conurbations of the continent, turning the legacy of the continent’s history into the source of resonant new myths and dreamscapes and exploring questions of gender, sexuality and identity. Each of the photographers seeks to capture the experience of what it means, and how it feels, to live in Africa today.

Table of Contents

Introduction • 1. Hybrid City • 2. Inner Landscapes • 3. Zones of Freedom • 4. Magic & Memory

Review

Diverse and fascinating --Evening Standard

[A] stimulating survey --Michael Kerr, Telegraph Christmas gifts: 15 of the best books for travel lovers

A welcome corrective to the long-standing white gaze through which Africa has been seen in the West, this diverse and fascinating book brings together the work of an emergent generation of photographers working across the continent in the 21st century --Evening Standard

Ekow Eshun celebrates contemporary African photography --Observer

Africa's changing landscapes are beautifully captured by a new generation of home-grown photographers --*Wallpaper

A celebratory affection for everyday life that does not ignore contested issues of the past and present --The Eye of Photography

A kaleidoscopic view of Africa --Aesthetica

[A] stylish survey of work by a new generation of photographers It's a break from visions of Africa seen through Western eyes --Tatler

About the Author

Ekow Eshun is a writer, curator, journalist and broadcaster based in London, whose writing has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Guardian and Vogue. Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, from 2005 to 2010, and a frequent contributor to BBC radio and television programmes, his previous books include Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in England and Africa, published in 2005.

Vazba:	pevná
Počet stran:	272
Formát:	23 x 29 cm
Rok vydání:	2022

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