Aperture Magazine Fall 2023 - Accra: Art From Ghana's Capital, Film, Architecture, Textiles, Fashion, Community, History Of Black Studio Photographers, Reviews Of Photobooks & Post-Independence

“Accra,” guest edited by the New York–based artist Lyle Ashton Harris and the Accra-based photographer and educator Nii Obodai, considers the Ghanaian capital as a site of dynamic photographic voices and histories that connect visual culture in West Africa to the world. Contributors include Fibi Afloe, John Akomfrah, Misper Apawu, Lloyd Foster, Carlos Idun-Tawiah, Kay Kwabia, plus Zohra Opoku in conversation with Ekow Eshun. The PhotoBook Review section features a conversation with the publisher Stanley/Barker, Salamishah Tillet on the history of Black studio photographers, and reviews of photobooks by Nico Krijno, Matthias Brunner, Masahisa Fukase, B. Ingrid Olson, and Kenta Nakamura.

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