Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination
Museum of Modern Art 11 W 53rd St, New York, NY, United StatesCan a photographic portrait inspire political imagination? Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination examines how photographers and their sitters contributed to the proliferation of Pan-African solidarity during the mid-20th century. Embracing the international spirit of the time, the exhibition gathers striking pictures by photographers working in Central and West African cities. They created images of everyday […]
