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)
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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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