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Book 'Anthology of African Photography', Revue Noire 1998
Book 'Anthology of African Photography', Revue Noire 1998

ANTHOLOGY OF
AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHY
Indian Ocean and Diaspora

 

The African photographers reference-book

 

African photographers precursors, studio photography, time of independences, official agerncies, discovery of freedom and reality, aesthetic photography, photography of the Diaspora in Caribbean, Brazil, USA and Europe.

 

Awards

Nadar Awards, France 1998

Photo-Eye Best Photographic Book, Usa  1999

Best Photographic Book of the Year, Usa 1999 (New York Times Books Review)

 

Editors Jean Loup Pivin, Pascal Martin Saint Leon

200 portfolios of African photographers through 500 B&W and colors photographs

Essays by 35 photo specialists

Hardcover of 432 pages 24×32 cm

Published in1999

 

3 published editions : English Version (ISBN 2 909571 491), French Version (ISBN 2 909571 300 - EAN 978 2 909571 300)

and Portuguese Version (See Portuguese here ISBN 2 909571 432) 

Few ‘Paper Books’ still available

 

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CONTENTS OF THE BOOK
'ANTHOLOGY OF AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHY '

 

APPROCHES (by Jean Loup Pivin)

Shifting Africa (by Elikia M’Bokolo)

Africa of Gods, Africa of people (by Agnès de Gouvion Saint-Cyr) : Zaccharia Kaba, (Guinea), Antoine Freitas - D.R.Congo

The Writer, the Griot and the Photographer (by Simon Njami) : José Ondoa - Cameroon

The icon and the Totem (by Jean Loup Pivin) : A family album - D.R.Congo

 

BEGINNINGS

Studio Photography in Freetown (by Vera Viditz-Ward) : Dionysius Leomy, J.P. Decker, Alphonso Lisk-Carew - Freetown, Sierra Leone

Photographer-Publishers in Togo (by Philippe David) : Alex A. Acolatse, Olympio,les frères Aguiar, John Badohu - Lomé Togo

The Pioneers of Saint-Louis (by Frédérique Chapuis) : Meïssa Gaye - Saint-Louis-du-Senegal

Memory of a Stolen Photograph (by Aminata Sow Fall)

The Black Album, South Africa (by Santu Mofokeng)

 

PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERS

The Art of the Portrait, 4 portfolios (by Pascal Martin St Leon & Jean Loup Pivin) : Mama Casset, Senegal, Joseph Moïse Agbodjelou, Benin, Daniel Attoumo Amichia, Ivory Coast

Twilight of the Studios in Ivory Coast (by Jean-François Werner) : Cornélius Yao Augustt Azaglo, Ivory Coast, Studio 3Z - D.R. Congo

Portraits and Scenery in Ghana (by Tobias Wendl) : James K. Bruce Vanderpuye, Philip Kwame Apagya, Nelson Ankruma Event - Ghana

The Golden Age of Black-and-White in Mali (extract from Éricka Nimis) : Mountaga Dembélé, Félix Diallo, Seydou Keita, Abderramane Sakaly - Mali

Court Photographers in Ethiopia (by Richard Pankhurst & Denis Gérard) : Famille Boyadjian - Ethiopia

Tinted Portrait Photography in Addis Ababa (by Guy Hersant) : Emanuel Negash Wolde, Photo Jiro, Photo Addis Zemen - Ethiopia

A Short History of Photography in Kenya (by Heike Behrend) : Kenneth Kamau, Omar Said Bakor - Nairobi, Kenya

Studios in the Congo (par Sophie Erlich Mapaka) : John Kiyaya - Tanzanie ; Franck Bitemo - Congo Brazza

Portfolios : Samuel Fosso - Bangui, Central Africa

So Long Forgotten...(by Gaston-Paul Effa)

 

THE AWAKENING OF A VISION

Portfolios of Philippe Koudjina - Niger ; Jean Depara - D.R. du Congo ; Malick Sidibé - Mali ; Ricardo Rangel - Mozambica ; Billy Monk - South Africa; Mohamed Abdallah Kayari - Djibouti

 

THE OFFICIAL AGENCIES

In the Time of Sékou Touré, Guinea (by Guy Hersant) : Anim – Amap - Mali ; Sily Photo - Guinea ; Congo Press - D.R. Congo ; A FOTO - Angola ; ANTA FTM - Madagascar

Portrait of My Grandfather, Guinea (par Tierno Monenembo)

My Uncle, My Memory (by Michèle Rakotoson)

 

IMAGES OF REALITY

The Press in Kenya (by Sébastien Porte) : John Mauluka - Harrare, Zimbabwe; Khamis Ramadan - Nairobi, Kenya ;  Alexander Joe - Zimbabwe

Camerapix (by Roger Barnard) : Mohamed Amin - Tanzania-UK

Portfolio : John Liebenberg - Namibia, South Africa

Chronicles of War (by Simon Njami) : Rui Assubuji - Maputo, Mozambica

The Development of Photography in South Africa (by Kathleen Grundlingh) : Bob Gosani / Drum - South Africa

Comrades and Cameras (by Pierre-Laurent Sanner) : Peter Magubane, Alfred Kumalo, David Goldblatt, Omar Badsha, Guy Tillim - South Africa

Trajectory of a Street-Photographer (by Santu Mofokeng) : Akinbodé Akinbiyi - Nigeria ; Houssein Assamo, Abdourahman Issa, Amin Mahamoud Ahmed, Ramadan  Ali Ahmed - Djibouti; Dorris Haron Kasco - Ivory Coast ; Alioune Bâ - Mali

 

IN SEARCH OF AN AESTHETIC

Portfolios : Rotimi Fani-Kayodé - Nigeria/UK ; Julia Tiffin - South Africa ; Penny Siopis - South Africa ; Cathy Pinnock - South Africa ; Obie Oberholzer - South Africa ; Chris Ledechowski - South Africa ; Zwelethu Mthwetwa - South Africa ; Rui Tavares - Angola ; Bouna Medoune Seye - Senegal ; Antonio Olé - Angola ; Sergio Afonso - Angola

 

INDIAN OCEAN

En Route to India, Mauritius (by Tristan Bréville) : Tristan Bréville, Yves Pitchen - Mauritius

The Great Island, Madagascar (by Frédéric Izydorczyk) : Rasolonjatavo, Razaka, Razafitrimo, Randria, Maurille Andrianarivelo, Ramilijoana, Dany Be, Daddy, Pierrot Men - Madagascar

Anthropometry of Memory, The Reunion Island (by William Zitte) : Mme Grandmaison, J. Eyckermans, Désiré Charney, Henri Mathieu, François Cudenet, Eugène Bidache, Richeville Lauratet, Charles Saunier, René-Paul Savignan, Philippe Gaubert, Raymond Barthes - The Reunion Island

 

DIASPORA

Shreds of Identity in Europe (by Simon Njami) : Patrice Félix-Tchicaya - Congo/France ; David Damoison - Martinique/France ; René Peña Gonzales - Cuba ; Ajamu - Jamaica/UK ; Rose-Ann Marie Bailey, Serge Emmanuel Jongué, David Zapparoli, Stella Fakieyesi - Canada

Framing Black Photography in America (by Deborah Willis) : Foster Studio, Gordon Parks, Robert Mc.Neill, Carla Williams - Usa

The Image and Religious Syncretism in Brazil (by Maria Lucia Montes) : Anisio C.De Carvalho, Bauer Sa, Eustáquio Neves, Vantoen Pereira Jr., Walter Firmo, Carla Osório, Januário Garcia, Charles Silva Duarte, Denise Camargo, Lita Cerqueira - Brazil

 

BIOGRAPHIES of African photographers and authors

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

 

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'Anthology of African Photography' :

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