Whether she’s shooting an advertising campaign for Nike or a photo spread for Vogue, photographer Bassie Maluleka’s images will likely have a common theme. That’s by design. By highlighting Black ...

During the colonial period, the camera became something of an imperial device, as Western images defined narratives about the history, culture, and identity of the African continent. Now, in its first ...

During last month’s edition of Bamako Encounters–African Biennale of Photography, as dusk arrived following a captivating artist talk by revered Nigerian photographer Akinbode Akinbiyi, southern winds ...

When he came to New York to study photography five years ago, he found a trove of images of life in Africa, past and present, in the archives of the city’s libraries, galleries and museums. Here he ...

Now celebrated as the father of African photography, Seydou Keïta (ca. 1921–2001) operated a busy studio in Bamako, Mali (until 1960, French Sudan), between 1948 and 1963, a time of radical ...

In order to contextualise contemporary photography, it is important to acknowledge the work of collectives and initiatives that have contributed to shifting the narrative of South African photography ...

Hand-woven and dyed fabrics, elaborate gold and beaded jewelry, women with hennaed hands and feet, and military men in suits fill the work of photographer Seydou Keïta (1921–2001), the subject of a ...

If you love African wildlife and have been or want to go on safari, be sure to attend the photo exhibits in both Auburn and Grass Valley during October. The primary exhibit will be at “For the Love of ...

Nigeria’s Emmanuel Iduma is many things: writer, editor, publisher, critic and photographer. In 2022 he combined these skills to introduce a newsletter, Tender Photo, sent to subscribers twice a week.

Images from the 2022 Benjamin Mkapa Wildlife Photography Awards plainly reveal animals’ extraordinary humanity. A gorilla’s wisdom. The gentleness of an elephant. The community of wildebeest. That’s ...

A World In Common at Tate Modern. Tate Modern/Lucy Green The last large survey exhibition of African photography by a major western gallery was In/Sight at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1996.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher have devoted 30 years to ...