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Posted: May 15th, 2008 | Author: kamau | Filed under: photography | Comments Off

waynelawrence
screen shot from wayne lawrence’s itinerant new york image series

wayne lawrence:

He is interested in understanding world culture with a particular emphasis on the African Diaspora, and sees his photography as a form of anthropology.

pieterhugo
screen shot from pieter hugo’s web site

pieter hugo: presence. see also: looking aside: south african studio portraits studies of albinism, blindness and old age. heck, everything on hugo’s site is great.

magicstudio
screen shot from delphine diallo’s “magic photo studio” image series

Delphine Diallo: Magic Photo Studio inspired by the work of malick sidibe, parisian delphine diallo (born to french and senegalese parents) traveled to senegal to explore her family’s cultural identity.

relatedly: speaking of, malick sidibe recently received ICP’s lifetime achievement award.


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