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African Photographer J. A. Green - Reimagining the Indigenous and the Colonial (Paperback)
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African Photographer J. A. Green - Reimagining the Indigenous and the Colonial (Paperback)
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J. A. Green (1873-1905) was one of the most prolific and
accomplished indigenous photographers to be active in West Africa.
This beautiful book celebrates Green's photographs and opens a new
chapter in the early photographic history of Africa. Soon after
photography reached the west coast of Africa in the 1840s, the
technology and the resultant images were disseminated widely,
appealing to African elites, European residents, and travelers to
the region. Responding to the need for more photographs, expatriate
and indigenous photographers began working along the coasts,
particularly in major harbor towns. Green, whose identity remained
hidden behind his English surname, maintained a photography
business in Bonny along the Niger Delta. His work covered a wide
range of themes including portraiture, scenes of daily and ritual
life, commerce, and building. Martha G. Anderson, Lisa Aronson, and
the contributors have uncovered 350 of Green's images in archives,
publications, and even albums that celebrated colonial
achievements. This landmark book unifies these dispersed images and
presents a history of the photographer and the area in which he
worked.
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