Recaptioning Congo : African stories and colonial pictures = Afrikaanse woorden en koloniale beelden = Récits africains et photographies coloniales /
"Recaptioning Congo places the colonial Congo's photography history in new perspectives. Various writers take an African-centered look at imperial archival images and provide them with creative, contemporary and/or literary 'captions'.The book accompanies an exhibition at FOMU ph...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Dutch French |
| Language Notes: | Text in English, Dutch and French. |
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Tielt :
Lannoo,
[2022]
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| Summary: | "Recaptioning Congo places the colonial Congo's photography history in new perspectives. Various writers take an African-centered look at imperial archival images and provide them with creative, contemporary and/or literary 'captions'.The book accompanies an exhibition at FOMU photography museum in Antwerp and is based upon the extensive research of the photographic history of colonial Congo (1885 - 1960), conducted by Dr. Sandrine Colard. It contains a wealth of revealing images that highlight the relationship between past and present, Africa and Europe and Belgium and Congo"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition held at the FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerp, September 16, 2022-January 15, 2023. |
| Physical Description: | 252 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789401486231 9401486239 |