Photography possesses a certain built-in bluntness that can lend itself to images that are destabilizing and dryly funny.
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A World in Common is a European exhibition with African content, rather than a space that invites conversations and engagement that go beyond the images themselves.
Yevonde’s photographs celebrated women’s creativity, ingenuity and individuality which, she argued, was often expressed through colour.
Yevonde was a celebrated portraitist, innovative colourist and advocate for women in the profession. In short, a pioneer.
Largely self-taught, Adams learned to harness the communicative power of photography during his years as a marketing photographer.
Male and female artists have different perspectives to offer - and no less so within the photography world.
Photographs can influence us – they can inspire us to act and they can also impact the way we think about issues. The recent published photos about the migrant ‘caravan’ convey several stereotypes.
Acknowledging the source of the images would amplify rather than diminish the power of Hank Willis Thomas’s political art.
It was only in the late 1990s, as the world became more interested in South African photographers’ work, that Goldblatt’s work was identified as extraordinary.
Photographer David Goldblatt’s presence through his photographs will always be with us.
It’s easier than ever to visually record our lives thanks to the smartphone and now Snapchat glasses, but many museums and other places are fighting a losing and misguided battle against the trend.
Utopianism is a neglected prism through which to view Africa. It is the space where the intricacies of decolonisation and independence can be properly comprehended.
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Senior Lecturer in Visual Culture, Sheffield Hallam University
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Research fellow, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Art History, Western University
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Lecturer in African and Transnational History, University of York
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Associate Professor of English, State University of New York Oswego
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Chief Curator, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona
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Senior Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Lecturer, Photography/ Fashion Promotion, University of South Wales
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Senior Lecturer (Radical Humanities Laboratory, University College Cork), University College Cork
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Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography, University of Arizona