africa.documentary_photography

roundup of documentary photography related links visited recently.

• the hyena and other men: pieter hugo’s portraits of a group of gadawan kura (hyena handlers/guides in hausa) who travel from city to city in nigeria entertaining crowds and selling traditional medicines. beautiful, stripped down tonal/color range of images gives them a haunting vibe. [via ffffound]
• kings of africa: daniel laine spent 3 years trying to get access to and photograph about 70 monarchs around africa. [via 990000's found]
• deep soweto: image series by edward van herk shot in a “decisive moment” style to capture urban life in south africa.
• beauty is in the eye of the beholder series: street/fashion portraits of jo’burg hipsters by nontsikelelo “lolo” veleko who was one of the revelations of “snap judgments“, ICP’s 2006 exhibition of contemporary african photography. see also: seydou keita and lolo veleko: fashion, where danziger projects recently presented her portraits with those of seydou keita.
• the mwelu foundation: a youth photography project/showcase based in and documenting nairobi’s mathare valley slum.
• kenya elections: flickr photo set taken by afromusing at polling stations in eldoret on election day 2007.
• [updated 12/31] vintage photography from african loxo two sets of beat up but stunning images; hairstyles of the 50’s/60’s, and portrait photography from the 50’s/60’s [via your daily awesome]