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The roadmaker
- Title
- The roadmaker / James Barnor.
- Author
- Barnor, James
- Publication
- [Paris] : Maison CF ; [Bristol] : RRB Photobooks, 2021.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | TR647 .B372 2021g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color), portraits; 31 cm
- Summary
- The Roadmaker is a new retrospective book of work by photographer James Barnor drawing from across his career, demonstrating his modernism and inherent skill as a colourist. The publication of the book coincides with the exhibition James Barnor: Ghanaian Modernist at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery from 17 May 2021 as part of Bristol Photo Festival, and a major retrospective of Barnor's work at Serpentine, London from 20 May 2021. James Barnor (b.1929) was Ghana's first international press photographer. He came from a family of photographers and established his own studio in Accra, Ever Young, in 1950. He worked from this studio at the time of Ghana's independence whilst also selling his pictures to the Daily Graphic and Drum magazines. He came to Britain in 1959, and whilst working in a factory, he took photography "James Barnor: Ghanaian Modernist" at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery is part of the inaugural Bristol Photo Festival and will showcase over 40 photographs.
- Alternative Title
- James Barnor : the roadmaker
- Subject
- Barnor, James > Exhibitions
- Photography, Artistic > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Portrait photography > Ghana > Exhibitions
- Portrait photography > England > Exhibitions
- Photographie artistique > 20e siècle > Expositions
- Portraits (Photographie) > Ghāna > Expositions
- Portraits (Photographie) > Angleterre > Expositions
- Accra (Ghana) > Portraits
- England > Portraits
- Angleterre > Portraits
- Genre/Form
- Photobooks.
- Livres de photographies.
- Note
- Published to coincide with an exhibition held at the Bristol Photo Festival, UK from 17.05.2021-01.2022.
- Additional text by Damarice Amao.
- Edition of 1000 copies, including 150 copies with blind-stamped pigment print.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- English, with essay also in French.
- ISBN
- 9781838268329
- 1838268324
- 9791096575213
- OCLC
- on1250391710
- 1250391710
- SCSB-14518759
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries