Various photographersContemporary African photography from the Walther collection. Events of the Self: Portraiture and Social Identity.

Events of the Self: Portraiture and Social Identity (2010) presents the work of three generations of African artists and photographers with that of modern and contemporary German photographers and is designed around three discursive frameworks: portraiture and social transition, typologies and taxonomies, and theatricality and figuration.

Featuring Works by :

Sammy Baloji, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Yto Barrada, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Candice Breitz, Allan deSouza, Theo Eshetu, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Kay Hassan, Romuald Hazoume, Pieter Hugo, Seydou Keita, Maha Maamoun, Boubacar Touré Mandémory, Salem Mekuria, Santu Mofokeng, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Zanele Muholi, James Muriuki, Ingrid Mwangi, Grace Ndiritu, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Jo Ractliffe, August Sander, Berni Searle, Malick Sidibé, Mikhael Subotzky, Guy Tillim, Hentie van der Merwe, and Nontsikelelo (Lolo) Veleko

The book includes contributions by Okwui Enwezor (ed.) as well as Kobena Mercer, Chika Okeke-Agulu, Gabriele Conrath-Scholl, and Deborah Willis.

Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket, 32,6 x 25,5 cm, b&w and color photographs. First edition. In very good condition.