Following from an earlier post on the Sapeurs, I am glad to see someone has produced a fairly comprehensive book showcasing the dandies of the Congo. Photographer Daniele Tamagni captures the fascinating subculture where designer suits and luxury items are the order of the day. Published by Trolley Books.
Ed Kashi’s engaging photographs of daily life and conflict in the oil rich Niger Delta has recently been published as a book.
Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta takes a graphic look at the profound cost of oil exploitation in West Africa, tracing the 50-year history of Nigeria’s oil interests and the resulting environmental degradation and community conflicts that have plagued the region.
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If you’re in the NYC area, come view the prints at The powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Brooklyn from August 15-September 28, 2008.
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For more on Ed Kashi
http://www.edkashi.com/
For more on the book and powerHouse Books
http://powerhousebooks.com/curseoftheblackgold/
Image from CURSE OF THE BLACK GOLD: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta, Photographs by Ed Kashi, Edited by Michael Watts, published by powerHouse Books.Â
African Salad is not a new book, but is definitely worth bumping your under utilised Jamie off the kitchen shelf.
Not that you will be cooking too many of these dishes, it’s pages are filled with a salad of South Africans at home, honestly portrayed without any trace of a patronising onlooker. Each person stands proudly in front of their shack, hut, cottage or mansion and with a smile offers a glimpse of their day to day life in their intimate surroundings.
The photographs celebrate a South Africa of today and one of years ago, where saturday afternoon and sunday morning visits to friends, aunts and grannies were being played out.
Published by dayone. Photographs Stan Engelbrecht. Text Tamsen de Beer.
Link to site.