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Africa

 

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Contents
Introduction
1Introduction to photography in Africa
2Early photography in North Africa
3Early photography in West Africa
4Colonialism in Africa
5Expeditions within Africa
6James Chapman: Chapman Expedition in South Africa (1862-1864)
7Gustav Fritsch: Die Eingeborenen Süd-Afrika's: ethnographisch und anatomisch beschrieben (1872)
8Joseph Thomson and photography in East Africa
9Edouard Foà: Africa
10László Almásy: Expeditions in the Sahara (1930s)
11The liberation of Africa
Photographers
12Pierre Tremaux: Voyage au Soudan Oriental et dans l'Afrique Septentrionale (1847-1854)
13Charles Guillain: Voyage a la Côte Orientale d'Afrique (1856)
14Alexandrine Tinne (1835-1869)
15William Ellis: Madagascar
16Désiré Charnay: Madagascar
17John Kirk: David Livingstone - The Zambezi Expedition (1858-1864)
18José Agusto da Cunha Moraes: Africa Occidental (1885)
19Luigi Naretti: Eritrea (1885-1900)
Wars
20Anglo-Egyptian War (1882): Bombardment of Alexandria (1882)
21Anglo-Zanzibar War (27 August 1896)
22Felice Beato: Khartoum Relief Expedition (1884-1885)
23Boer War (1899-1902)
Photojournalism
24Drum
Portraits
25Alex A. Acolatse: Studio portraits in Togo
26Malick Sidibe: Portraits
27Seydou Keita: Portraits from Mali
28Rachidi Bissiriou: Portraits taken in Dahomey / Benin
29James Barnor: Studio portraits from Ghana
30Samuel Fosso: Self portraits
31Oumar Ly: Portraits from Senegal
Environmental issues
32Nick Brandt: Inherit the Dust
Photographers
A.C. Gomes & Son, Alex A. Acolatse (1880-1975), Akinbode Akinbyi, Cornélius Yao Augustt Azaglo (1924-), Omar Said Bakor (1932-1993), Peter Beard (1938-), Beckwith & Fisher, Hugo Bernatzik (1897-1953), Rachidi Bissiriou (1950-), Nick Brandt (1966-), Richard Buchta (1845-1894), Jean-Dominique Burton, Mama Casset (1908-1992), James Chapman (1831-1872), John Parkes Decker, Jean Depara (1928-1997), Saidou Dicko (1979-), William Ellis (1794-1872), J.P. Fernandes, Edouard Foà (1861-1901), François-Edmond Fortier (1862-1928), Samuel Fosso (1962-), Phyllis Galembo, Robert Gardner (1925-2014), George Goethe (1896-1977), David Goldblatt (1930-2018), A.C. Gomes, P.F. Gomes, J.A. Green (1873-1905), Alice Seeley Harris (1870-1970), N. Walwin Holm, Francis K. Honny (1914-1998), Francis W. Joaque, John Kirk (1832-1922), Robert Lebeck (1929-), Lutterodt family, Peter Magubane (1932-2024), Kurt Markus (1947-2022), Laurent Monlaü (1957-), José Agusto da Cunha Moraes (1855-1933), Kazuyoshi Nomachi (1946-), J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, N.V. Parekh (1923-), Irving Penn (1917-2009), Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003), Herzekiah Andrew Shanu (1858-1905), Malick Sidibé (1936-2016), Sanlé Sory (1943-), Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2003), Alexandrine Tinne (1835-1869), Jacques Toussele, Pierre Tremaux (1818-1895), Daniel West (1815-1857), Dale Yudelman, Casimir Zagourski (1883-1941)
     
Contents     
Subscribers have access to the thirty two informative Fragments on this Theme, Online Exhibitions, Visual Indexes and References.
Introduction
1Introduction to photography in Africa
2Early photography in North Africa
3Early photography in West Africa
4Colonialism in Africa
5Expeditions within Africa
6James Chapman: Chapman Expedition in South Africa (1862-1864)
7Gustav Fritsch: Die Eingeborenen Süd-Afrika's: ethnographisch und anatomisch beschrieben (1872)
8Joseph Thomson and photography in East Africa
9Edouard Foà: Africa
10László Almásy: Expeditions in the Sahara (1930s)
11The liberation of Africa
Photographers
12Pierre Tremaux: Voyage au Soudan Oriental et dans l'Afrique Septentrionale (1847-1854)
13Charles Guillain: Voyage a la Côte Orientale d'Afrique (1856)
14Alexandrine Tinne (1835-1869)
15William Ellis: Madagascar
16Désiré Charnay: Madagascar
17John Kirk: David Livingstone - The Zambezi Expedition (1858-1864)
18José Agusto da Cunha Moraes: Africa Occidental (1885)
19Luigi Naretti: Eritrea (1885-1900)
Wars
20Anglo-Egyptian War (1882): Bombardment of Alexandria (1882)
21Anglo-Zanzibar War (27 August 1896)
22Felice Beato: Khartoum Relief Expedition (1884-1885)
23Boer War (1899-1902)
Photojournalism
24Drum
Portraits
25Alex A. Acolatse: Studio portraits in Togo
26Malick Sidibe: Portraits
27Seydou Keita: Portraits from Mali
28Rachidi Bissiriou: Portraits taken in Dahomey / Benin
29James Barnor: Studio portraits from Ghana
30Samuel Fosso: Self portraits
31Oumar Ly: Portraits from Senegal
Environmental issues
32Nick Brandt: Inherit the Dust

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