The International Center of Photography currently has a great exhibit of contemporary African photography called “Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography”.
Curated by Okwui Enwezor, “Snap Judgments brings together some of the most forceful propositions by contemporary artists and photographers on how to look at Africa”. With themes such as local responses to the international media, framing the African body, identity and postcolonial memory, urban sites, and the machines and institutions of modernity, the exhibit highlights conceptual art, documentary, and fashion photography; most of which have been shot in recent years. Through the colorful images we are able to appreciate how African people combine styles and themes and create the looks which are our own.
Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography
March 10–May 28, 2006
International Center of Photography
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