Hinting at life’s fragility, this tagline underscored photography’s ability to capture a fleeting likeness and preserve it for posterity. Portraits in the impressive whole-plate format—measuring 8.5 × ...

In 2016, writer and researcher Amy Sall started teaching a course at The New School, titled ‘The African Gaze: Visual Culture of Post-Colonial Africa and the Social Imagination’. An introductory but ...

He was catapulted from a career as a studio photographer in a small African city to worldwide recognition in 1994, when his self-portraits won an award in the first photography biennial in Bamako ...

Andrea DenHoed writes about lost and found photos taken in Apartheid South Africa at a neighborhood portrait studio called Kitty’s.

A portrait of the founder of Leeds' West Indian Carnival is the centrepiece of a new exhibition at Harewood House. The photograph of Arthur France will be the first of a person of Afro-Caribbean ...

A new book, Portrait and Place: Photography in Senegal, 1840 - 1960, takes an in-depth look at the development of the art form during a particularly tumultuous period in the country's history.

G ustav Klimt's portrait of a West African prince is valued at €15 million. It is currently on offer at an art fair but even more exciting than the price is the story behind it.For the longest ...

Researchers found evidence humans lived at a site in southern Côte d’Ivoire, a region of present-day rainforest, about 150,000 years ago.

The Man Who Reclaimed Photography from Colonialism’s Grasp A new exhibition at the African Art Museum honors Chief S.O. Alonge, the first Nigerian court photographer during colonial times Max Kutner ...

Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank. Season 2024 Episode 08/09/2024. Fixed iFrame ... That's how I looked when I was just learning photography, staying with this man.

Culture; Books & the Arts; November 7, 2022; Martine Syms’s Portrait of Art School Alienation Martine Syms’s Portrait of Art School Alienation With her feature film The African Desperate, the ...