The Topography of the Early History of African Photography

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The Topography of the Early History of African Photography

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ID	3326126
Author(s)	Schneider, Jürg
Author(s) at UniBasel	Schneider, Jürg
Year	2010
Title	The Topography of the Early History of African Photography
Journal	History of Photography
Volume	34
Number	2
Pages / Article-Number	134-146
Abstract	African historians' interest in photographic sources is still rather recent and can be traced back to the mid-1980s. Today, after more than twenty years of research, we know the general outlines of the history of African photography, but have yet to move beyond the larger picture. In having a close look at some centres of the early history of West and Central African photography such as Sierra Leone, Fernando Po and Gabon, as well as at the professional careers of African photographers such as Francis W. Joaque, this paper will contribute to a better and deeper understanding of the early history of West African and Central African photography. Research using and comparing photographs and textual sources from the archive of the Atlantic Visualscape displays a world and a time between 1850 and 1900 when African photographers moved beyond cultural, political and linguistic boundaries to explore potentials in an increasingly competitive market.
Publisher	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
edoc-URL	http://edoc.unibas.ch/39929/
Full Text on edoc	No
Digital Object Identifier DOI	10.1080/03087290903361498
ISI-Number	000277484000003
Document type (ISI)	Article

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