PLP Newsletter #2 (July 2021) |
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The PLP newsletter is a quarterly online publication from the Photography Legacy Project. The PLP is a a digital platform for African photography and archives. Our newsletter is a forum to share our news and projects as well as encourage ideas and thoughts about the African photography and archives. |
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Belinda, from the #BlackDragMagic series (Photograph: Lee-Ann Olwage, South Africa 1986-) |
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Photography Legacy Project (PLP) Auction 2021 Panel Discussion |
As the largest ever collection of African photography comes to market this winter – comprising the work of 68 photographers from 14 African countries – Aspire and PLP present a… |
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Photography Legacy Project (PLP) Auction 2021 Press Release |
The PLP and Aspire Art auction of 2021 brings together a diversity of styles and content from across the continent. Sixty eight photographers are participating in the second auction of… |
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21st Jul 2021 |
Two East African Photographic Legends and their Archives |
Priya Ramrakha and Mohamed Amin are two great East African photographic legends. Ramrakha began his career in the 1950’s and Amin in the 1960’s. They covered the epoch-making events during… |
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14th Jul 2021 |
Unknown Marabastad Photographer |
Band; sextet with instruments, PLP/Angus Gibson collection, © Angus Gibson This important and rare South African vernacular photographic collection emanates from research for a television series on street photography in… |
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11th Jul 2021 |
Resistance, Rage and Sorrow in Alf Kumalo’s photographs of Soweto, June 16th 1976 |
by Kylie Thomas Alf Kumalo, widely regarded as one of South Africa’s most important photographers, chronicled more than fifty years of the country’s turbulent history. Kumalo lived much of his… |
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19th Mar 2021 |
‘Reflections and Refractions from Capital Art Studio’ |
Pamila Gupta and Meg Samuelson write about their joint research project on Capital Art Studio in Stone Town, Zanzibar. All photos © Capital Art Studio, reproduced with the permission of… |
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11th Jul 2021 |
PLP News: Photo Cameroon: Studio Portraiture, 1970s-1990s |
July 1–December 5, 2021 Photo Cameroon: Studio Portraiture, 1970s-1990s features over 110 black-and-white images by Jacques Toussele, Joseph Chila, and Samuel Finlak. These photographers worked in the post-independence era, during… |
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1st Jul 2021 |
Events of the social: Portraiture and Collective Agency. African photography from The Walther Collection |
02.06.2021 – 22.08.2021 This exhibition presents an extensive selec- tion of works from The Walther Collection, one of the most significant photography and visual art collections of Africa and its… |
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18th Jun 2021 |
Markers of Presence, an exhibition of colour photographs by David Goldblatt at Goodman Gallery in Cape Town |
Goodman Gallery is pleased to present Markers of Presence, an exhibition of colour photographs by David Goldblatt. In the late 1990s Goldblatt began exploring the use of colour in his… |
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African Artists from 1882 to Now |
Phaidon Editors with an introduction by Chika Okeke-Agulu and glossary by Joseph L Underwood The book features the work of more than 300 artists and photographers, including El Anatsui, Marlene… |
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The Critical Camera – Understanding the History of Photography During Apartheid |
Thokoza, 1990, Graeme Williams. Courtesy of Graeme Williams. by Dr Kylie Thomas “History of Photography in Apartheid South Africa”, by Kylie Thomas, provides a detailed overview of the history of… |
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A new retrospective book of James Barnor photographs |
A new retrospective book of photographs by Ghana’s first press photographer, James Barnor, The Roadmaker, has been published to coincide with a major exhibition of his work: https://www.rrbphotobooks.com/products/james-barnor-the-roadmaker … |
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District Six – Memories, Thoughts and Images |
Fruit Hawkers – District Six – 1972 – Jan Greshoff – Copyright: Kathy Abbott, Martin, Adrian & Robert Greshoff Constitution Street, District Six, 1973 – Jan Greshoff – Copyright: Kathy… |
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Afrosurf - A book on contemporary African surf culture featuring more than 200 photographs |
AFROSURF is the first book to comprehensively document and celebrate surfing and related street culture in Africa. Together with Selema Masekela and some of Africa’s finest photographers, thinkers, writers, and… |
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