Imaging Culture

Photography in Mali, West Africa

Candace M. Keller (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

486 Seiten

2021
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-02557-9 (ISBN)

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Imaging Culture is a sociohistorical study of the meaning, function, and aesthetic significance of photography in Mali, West Africa, from the 1930s to the present. Spanning the dynamic periods of colonialism, national independence, socialism, and democracy, its analysis focuses on the studio and documentary work of professional urban photographers, particularly in the capital city of Bamako and in smaller cities such as Mopti and Ségu.

Featuring the work of more than twenty-five photographers, it concentrates on those who have been particularly influential for the local development and practice of the medium as well as its international popularization and active participation in the contemporary art market.

Imaging Culture looks at how local aesthetic ideas are visually communicated in the photographers' art and argues that though these aesthetic arrangements have specific relevance for local consumers, they transcend geographical and cultural boundaries to have value for contemporary global audiences as well.

Imaging Culture is an important and visually interesting book which will become a standard source for those who study African photography and its global impact.

Candace M. Keller is Associate Professor of African Art and Visual Culture in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University. She also directs the Archive of Malian Photography (amp.matrix.msu.edu), and is Associate Director of Matrix: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at Michigan State University.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Development of Photography in Mali
1. Photography and Urbanization (1890–1940s)
2. Heyday of Black and White (1950s–1980s)
Imaging Culture
3. Photography as Social Agency
4. Visual Griots—Photographic Artistry and Invention
5. Portraiture and Mande Aesthetics
6. Ja and Metaphysical Dimensions of Photography
7. Contemporary Practice and International Market (1990s–Present)
Plates
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	28.06.2021
Zusatzinfo	17 Halftones, color; 180 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Bloomington, IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	1297 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-253-02557-5 / 0253025575
ISBN-13	978-0-253-02557-9 / 9780253025579
Zustand	Neuware