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Postcards from Africa : photographers of the colonial era : selections from the Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive
- Title
- Postcards from Africa : photographers of the colonial era : selections from the Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive / Christraud M. Geary.
- Author
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, author, issuing body.
- Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts : MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [2018]
- New York, New York : Distributed in the United States of America and Canada by ARTBOOK / D.A.P.
- ©2018
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Geary, Christraud M.
- Description
- 147 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 25 cm
- Summary
- During the global postcard craze that peaked around 1900 and continued for several decades thereafter, photographers in Africa grasped the opportunity to serve a lucrative market for images of the continent, both locally and worldwide. Their picture postcards now contribute to understanding political and cultural changes in Africa at the time, as the rise of the new medium coincided with the expansion and consolidation of colonial rule. They also provide a way to reconstruct the life and work of the photographers of European, African and other backgrounds who created these images, which often survive only in postcard form and in some cases published them as well. The cards were produced for residents and travelers in Africa, as well as for buyers and collectors who had never set foot on the continent. Their depictions of colonial administrations and the exploitation of resources and peoples, as well as images inscribing tribal identities and racial classifications, often reflect the colonizers' worldview. Yet it is also possible to recover the authorship of some of the African women and men who participated in these photographic encounters. For instance, some cards show that members of Africa's elites recognized the power of photographic images to enhance their standing and present their own narratives.
- Alternative Title
- Postcards from Africa
- Photographers of the colonial era
- Subject
- Lauder, Leonard A. > Art collections > Catalogs
- Lauder, Leonard A
- Lauder, Leonard A. 1933-
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Leonard A. Lauder Collection
- Bauhaus Dessau 1986-1994 Bereich Architektur und Sammlungen
- 1900-1999
- Postcards > Private collections > Massachusetts > Boston > Catalogs
- Portrait photography > Africa > 20th century > Catalogs
- Photography > Africa > 20th century > Catalogs
- Africans > Pictorial works
- Africans > Portraits > Catalogs
- 21.42 history of photographic art
- Postcards > Private collections
- Manners and customs
- Postcards
- Portrait photography
- Photography
- Africans
- Communication and culture
- Art > Private collections
- Ethnologische Fotografie
- Kolonialismus
- Postkarte
- Cartes postales > Afrique > 20e siècle
- Africa > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
- Massachusetts > Boston
- Africa
- Afrika
- Genre/Form
- Catalog
- Portrait.
- catalogs (documents)
- photobooks.
- illustrated books.
- portraits.
- Photobooks.
- Catalogs.
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Portraits.
- Catalogues.
- Livres de photographies.
- Ouvrages illustrés.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-134) and index.
- Contents
- Photographers and picture postcards -- Colonial worlds -- Tribes, types, and portraits -- Peoples and leaders -- Rituals, dances, and masquerades.
- ISBN
- 9780878468553
- 0878468552
- LCCN
- 2018942133
- OCLC
- on1042079790
- 1042079790
- SCSB-9153248
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library