Research Catalog

Title

James Barnor : Accra, London : a retrospective / editors, Lizzie Carey-Thomas, Joseph Constable.

Publication

Köln : König Books, 2021.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Carey-Thomas, Lizzie
• Constable, Joseph
• Serpentine Gallery, host institution.

Description

239 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour); 25 cm

Summary

A major survey of British-Ghanaian photographer James Barnor, whose career as a studio portraitist, photojournalist and Black lifestyle photographer spans six decades and records major social and political changes in London and Accra.00Born in 1929 in Ghana, James Barnor established his famous Ever Young studio in Accra in the early 1950s, capturing a nation on the cusp of independence in an ambiance animated by conversation and highlife music. In 1959 he arrived in London, furthering his studies and continuing assignments for influential South African magazine Drum which reflected the spirit of the era and the experiences of London?s burgeoning African diaspora. He returned to Ghana in the early 1970s to establish the country?s first colour processing lab while continuing his work as a portrait photographer and embedding himself in the music scene. He returned to London in 1994. 00Fully illustrated, the book traces Barnor's photographic practice across six decades through a series of commissioned texts by David Adjaye, Christine Barthe, David Hartt, Erlin Ibreck and Alicia Knock. It also includes a new conversation between the artist and Serpentine Artistic Director, Hans Ulrich Obrist.00Exhibition: Serpentine North Gallery, London, UK (19.05. - 22.10.2021).

Alternative Title

Accra/London - a retrospective

Subject

• Barnor, James > Exhibitions
• Photographers, Black > Ghana > Exhibitions
• Photographers, Black > Great Britain > Exhibitions
• Black people in art > Exhibitions
• Women, Black > Portraits > Exhibitions
• Black people > Ghana > Accra > Social life and customs > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
• Black people > England > London > Social life and customs > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
• Photography, Artistic > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Documentary photography > 20th century > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at Serpentine Gallery, London, 19 May-22 October 2021.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

Sc F 22-26

ISBN

• 9783960989752
• 396098975X

OCLC

1259538578

Title

James Barnor : Accra, London : a retrospective / editors, Lizzie Carey-Thomas, Joseph Constable.

Publisher

Köln : König Books, 2021.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Carey-Thomas, Lizzie, editor.

Constable, Joseph, editor.

Serpentine Gallery, host institution.

Research Call Number

Sc F 22-26