{"product_id":"9781861893826","title":"Photography and Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eA land comprising more than fifty nations and innumerable cultural and geographic variations, from harsh desert to lush jungle, Africa has long been a favorite subject for photographers.  Since the advent of the medium in the first half of the nineteenth century, a myriad of photographers—both indigenous and immigrant, amateur and professional, explorer and colonist, naturalist and artist—have recorded intrepid expeditions, documented flora and fauna, and chronicled the transformations of the cultural landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e            \u003ci\u003ePhotography and Africa\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the many themes that intertwine the photographs with the circumstances of their creation. Presenting a wealth of astonishing and rare images, Erin Haney brings together some of the most vibrant examples captured in the continent. From royal portraiture in the nineteenth-century Cape Coast to staged vignettes of old Cairo streets to apartheid-era South African resistance photography, this book illustrates the fascinating and long-standing relationship between Africa and the photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful and celebratory insight into Africa’s relationship with the photograph, \u003ci\u003ePhotography and Africa\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to those interested in the photography and culture of Africa and how the two have interacted and informed each other over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053935706352,"sku":"9781861893826","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781861893826_p0.jpg?v=1763601122","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781861893826","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}