African Photographer J. A. Green - Reimagining the Indigenous and the Colonial

Martha G. Anderson is Professor Emerita of the School of Art and Design at New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University.
Lisa Aronson is Emeritus Professor of the Department of Art History at Skidmore College.

List of contents

Acknowledgements

A Note Regarding Captions

Introduction

Part One: Green in Context

1. Picture of the Niger Delta / Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa

2. Early Photographers in Coastal Nigeria and the Afterlife of Their Images, 1860-1930 / Christraud M. Geary

Part Two: Green and His Oeuvre

3. Image Maker Jonathan Adagogo Green and his Practice / Lisa Aronson

4. J. A. Green's Portraits: Picturing People in the Niger Delta / Lisa Aronson

Part Three: Viewing Green through Expatriate Eyes

5. Differing Views: Imperial Agendas and Personal Histories / Martha G. Anderson

6. Envisioning Africa: From Ethnographic Types to Picturesque Views / Martha G. Anderson

Part Four: The "Performative" Aspects of Green's Photographs

7. Telling Histories: J. A. Green's Photographs in Colonial Albums and Western Publications / Martha G. Anderson

8. Green's Photos and the Visualizing and Reinventing of Ijo Histories / Lisa Aronson

9. J. A. Green: Pioneer and Legend / Tam Fiofori

Appendix: Timeline

Contributors

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the author

Martha G. Anderson is Professor Emerita of the School of Art and Design at New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University.

Lisa Aronson is Emeritus Professor of the Department of Art History at Skidmore College.

Summary

This landmark book unifies these dispersed images and presents a history of the photographer and the area in which he worked.

Product details

• Authors: Martha G. (EDT)/ Aronson Anderson, Martha G. Aronson Anderson
• Assisted by: Martha G Anderson (Editor), Martha G. Anderson (Editor), Lisa Aronson (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780253028952
• ISBN: 978-0-253-02895-2
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: African Expressive Cultures; African Expressive Cultures
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV