Product Details Hardcover 432 pages Editions Revue Noire Published 1999 From Library Journal Neither canonizing narrative history nor simplistic promotion, this hefty tome rightly takes the name anthology to describe its scattered but brilliant content. The 500 pictures--many of them never-before-seen revelations--date from the 1860s to the present and represent more than 160 photographers. Not the final word on the subject but a stunning first exposure. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. New York Times Book Review - one of Andy Grundberg's top books from 1999 Since photography was invented in Europe and quickly adopted in the United States, it is customary to think of it as primarily a Western activity. This is true enough for most colonial photography, in which adventuresome travelers typically enlisted non-Europeans as their exotic subjects. This book, however, demonstrates that -- at least in Africa -- the camera blossomed in the hands of indigenous photographers as colonialism waned. Filled with fascinating images from the realms of commercial... read more |