ISBN:
978-0-253-02895-2
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 381 Seiten
,
zahlreiche Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
African Expressive Cultures
Keywords:
Afrika Photographie, frühe ethnographische
;
Biographie
;
Nigeria
;
Geschichte
;
Kolonialgeschichte
;
Soziale Bedingungen
;
Green, Jonathan Adagogo [Leben und Werk]
Abstract:
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.
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements A Note Regarding Captions Introduction Part One: Green in Context 1. Picture of the Niger Delta / Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa 2. Early Photographers in Coastal Nigeria and the Afterlife of Their Images, 1860-1930 / Christraud M. Geary Part Two: Green and His Oeuvre 3. Image Maker Jonathan Adagogo Green and his Practice / Lisa Aronson 4. J. A. Green's Portraits: Picturing People in the Niger Delta / Lisa Aronson Part Three: Viewing Green through Expatriate Eyes 5. Differing Views: Imperial Agendas and Personal Histories / Martha G. Anderson 6. Envisioning Africa: From Ethnographic Types to Picturesque Views / Martha G. Anderson Part Four: The "Performative" Aspects of Green's Photographs 7. Telling Histories: J. A. Green's Photographs in Colonial Albums and Western Publications / Martha G. Anderson 8. Green's Photos and the Visualizing and Reinventing of Ijo Histories / Lisa Aronson 9. J. A. Green: Pioneer and Legend / Tam Fiofori Appendix: Timeline Contributors Selected Bibliography Index
