PLP Newsletter #2 (July 2021)

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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PLP/Aspire Art Auction 2021
Belinda by Lee-Ann Olwage, South Africa 1986-

Belinda, from the  #BlackDragMagic series
(Photograph: Lee-Ann Olwage, South Africa 1986-)

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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