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Around the World in Six Photographs
Renowned travel writers and editors on the photographs that transport them. Brian Finke, Don Lorenzo Angeles taking a break with a machette, Mezcal Real Minero, Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca, Mexico,...
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Aerospace Folktales
From Allan Sekula, dreams and illusions of the postwar American economy. By Drew Sawyer Allan Sekula, from Aerospace Folktales, 1973Courtesy Allan Sekula Studio and the Columbus Museum of Art In 1973,...
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Martine Syms: Conscious Resistance
In photographs and videos, an artist pushes back against reductive stereotypes of black life. By Amanda Hunt Martine Syms, Stills from Notes on Gesture, 2015. Single channel video, 10:27 minutes...
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The Lives of Samuel Fosso
The acclaimed photographer pushes self-portraiture into new realms of gender-bending theatricality. By Yves Chatap Samuel Fosso, The Rocker , 1997, from the series Tati© the artist and courtesy JM...
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Camerawork Now
For Akinbode Akinbiyi, new technologies have helped and hindered the development of photography in Africa. By Rahima Gambo Akinbode Akinbiyi, Passageways, Involuntary Narratives, and the Sound of...
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Screen Legends
South Africa’s new media artists are transforming the digital world. By Khanya Mashabela Amira Moraloki, FAKA, 2017 © and courtesy the artist and FAKA Is the unending archive of visual references...
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Between Two Worlds
In poetic, politically charged images and videos, Zineb Sedira confronts the recent history of North Africa. By Coline Milliard Zineb Sedira, The Lovers, 2008 © the artist/DACS, London and courtesy...
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Through the Lens
In Bamako, a group of young photographers engage a changing city. By Franziska Jenni Fatoumata Diabate, Groupe de lutteurs, Somone, Senegal, 2013, from the series Studio Photo de la Rue Courtesy the...
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Learning From Addis Ababa
Aida Muluneh, founder of the Addis Foto Fest, speaks about how education plays a central role in connecting African photographers. By Brendan Wattenberg Aida Muluneh, Departure, 2016 Courtesy the...
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In Ghana, Visions of Queer Friendship and Love
Eric Gyamfi reflects on his activism, photography, and telling the stories of West Africa’s queer communities. By M. Neelika Jayawardane Eric Gyamfi, Some of the LGBT community members organize a...
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Malala Andrialavidrazana Redraws the Map
In photographs and photomontages, the Madagascar-born artist considers the global reverberations of African culture. By Missla Libsekal and Sonia Recasens Malala Andrialavidrazana, Figures 1889,...
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Délio Jasse’s Endless Archive
Looking to vintage photographs and alternative processes, an Angolan Portuguese artist engages the infinite possibilities of an image. By Paula Nascimento Délio Jasse, The Lost Chapter, Nampula, 1963,...
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Raw Land
How are artists rethinking documentary in North Africa? By Morad Montazami Zineb Sedira, Haunted House, 2006 © the artist and DACS, London, and courtesy the artist and kamel mennour, Paris/London If we...
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A Readymade World in the Heart of the Country
In a studio outside of Cape Town, photographer Nico Krijno refashions sculpture and performance. By Matthew Leifheit Nico Krijno, Edible plants growing outside my studio, 2016 Courtesy the artist...
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Can African Critics Rewrite the Story of African Photography?
M. Neelika Jayawardane speaks with Emmanuel Iduma about the influential role—and responsibility—of art criticism in Africa today. Namsa Leuba, Untitled I, 2011, from the series Cocktail Courtesy the...
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In Cameroon, A New Platform for Emerging Photographers
Max Mbakop, from the BMX series, 2016. Courtesy the artist and YaPhoto Yvon Ngassam, from the Bandjoun series, 2017. Courtesy the artist and YaPhoto Steve Mvondo, from the series Crown of Beauty,...
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The Unsung Hero of South African Photography
In searing and poetic images, Andrew Tshabangu chronicles Johannesburg in the age of democracy. By Bongani Madondo Andrew Tshabangu, Portrait of a Young Thwasa, from the series Bridges, 2008Courtesy...
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In Rwanda and Europe, Images of Creativity and Survival
Amelia Umuhire, still from Mugabo, 2016Courtesy the artist Amelia Umuhire’s fictional web series Polyglot (2015) explores the lives of young black artists in Europe. The cinematic series is set in...
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Is Fashion Modern?
MoMA’s first fashion exhibition in seventy years is all about icons, accessories, and objects of desire. By Paola Antonelli and Michelle Millar Fisher Photograph by Bobby Doherty, 2017© the artist “It...
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Art and Activism in a Contested Democracy
In spring 2017, Sarah Lewis, guest editor of Aperture magazine’s “Vision & Justice” issue, led a series of classes at the Brooklyn Public Library on the relationship between photography,...
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