非洲,對亞洲國家的人們而言一直都是陌生的。不談非洲各國的文化差異,光每個國家的地理位置都懵懵懂懂。非洲攝影一直是疏於關注的一環,然而該地區的攝影文化一直蓬勃發展當中。Aperture 這期深入探索過去二十五年來的非洲攝影動態,雙年展、新興的藝術空間與工作坊,讓藝術家與觀者透過攝影的媒介產生互動。此期主題「Platform Africa」,進入非洲新世代的藝術浪潮裡,藝術家是如何與大眾連結?透過何種平台發表作品?這之中聚焦了非洲攝影盛事:西非國家馬里的巴馬科雙年展 (Bamako Biennale) 與衣索比亞的阿迪斯攝影節 (Addis Foto Fest),深入了解當代非洲的藝術發展。

FRONT
Agenda
Radical Women, Walker Evans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Arwed Messmer, and David Hockney

Redux
Geoffrey Batchen on The Era of the Photograph, 1966

Backstory
Maria Morris Hambourg on Irving Penn

Curriculum
by Leslie Hewitt

BACK
Aperture Beat

Object Lessons
Self-Portrait by Chief S.O. Alonge, Nigeria, ca. 1942

WORDS
Editors’ Note: Platform Africa

Five Cities, Five Platforms
Contributions by Emmanuel Iduma, Serubiri Moses, Carole Diop, Yasmine El Rashidi, and Brendan Wattenberg

Bamako Revisited
The legacy of Mali’s influential photography biennial
by Bisi Silva

Through the Lens
In Bamako, visions of a rapidly changing city
by Franziska Jenni

The Lives of Samuel Fosso
A master of self-portraiture returns to center stage
A Conversation with Yves Chatap

School Days
From South Africa’s Market Photo Workshop, the voices of a new generation
by Sean O’Toole

Truth Telling & High Fashion
The golden age of Africa’s leading magazine
by Rita Potenza

Raw Land
Reinventing documentary in North Africa
by Morad Montazami

PICTURES
Sabelo Mlangeni
Introduction by Bongani Madondo

Malala Andrialavidrazana
Introduction by Antawan I. Byrd

Mimi Cherono Ng’ok
Introduction by Hansi Momodu-Gordon

Nico Krijno
Introduction by Sara Knelman

Jody Brand
Introduction by Jenna Wortham

Ashley Walters
Introduction by Candice Jansen

Abdo Shanan
Introduction by Kaelen Wilson-Goldie

Délio Jasse
Introduction by Silas Martí

Eric Gyamfi
Introduction by M. Neelika Jayawardane

François-Xavier Gbré
Introduction by Sean Anderson

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