Anthology of African Photography

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English version of the book co-published by DAP New York
Version anglaise co-éditée par DAP New York

200 portfolios of African photographers through 500 photographies B&W and colors. Essays by 35 specialists from the whole world. 432 pages 24x32 cm. Editors Pascal Martin Saint Leon, N'Goné Fall, Jean Loup Pivin. Edition 1998.
3 published editions in French (available), English (available) and Portuguese (out of print).

ISBN 2-909571-49-1 (in English).                (ALSO AVAILABLE IN PDF)

The  reference book of African sub-saharian Photography : the precursors, the studio photography, the time of independences, the official agerncies, the discovery of freedom and reality, the aesthetic photography, photography of the Diaspora in Caribbean, Brazil, USA and Europe.
Nadar Awards 1998 (France) and Photo-Eye Best Photographic Book 1999 Usa.

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 (RDCongo)
The writer, the griot and the photographer (by Simon Njami) : José Ondoa (Cameroon)
TThe icon and the totem (by Jean Loup Pivin) : A family album (RDCongo)

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 St Louis (by Frédérique Chapuis) : Meïssa Gaye, St-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, RD 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, Central Africa
So long forgotten...(by Gaston-Paul Effa)

THE AWAKENING OF A VISION
Portfolios of Philippe Koudjina, Niger ; Jean Depara, R.D. du Congo ; Malick Sidibé, Mali ; Ricardo Rangel, Mozambica ; Billy Monk, South Africa; Mohamed Abdallah Kayari, Djibouti

ThHE OFFICIAL AGENCIES
In the time of Sékou Touré, Guinée (by Guy Hersant) : Anim – Amap, Mali ; Sily Photo, Guinea ; Congo Press, R.D. du 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
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) : Mne 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 the photographers
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