Decolonizing Images - A New History of Photographic Cultures in Egypt

The 2011 revolution put Egypt at the centre of discussions around radical transformations in global photographic cultures. But Egypt and photography share a longer, richer history rarely included in western accounts of the medium. Decolonizing images focuses on the country's local visual heritage, continuing the urgent process of decolonizing the canon of photography. It presents a new account of the visual cultures produced and exhibited in Egypt by interpreting the camera's ability to conceal as much as it reveals. The book moves from the initial encounters between local knowledge and western-led modernity to explore how the image intersects with the politics of representation, censorship, activism and aesthetics. It overturns Eurocentric understandings of the photograph through a compelling narrative of contemporary Egypt's indigenous visual culture.

Product details

• Authors: Ronnie Close, Close Ronnie
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9781526165954
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6595-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Print on demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; 20th Century, Egypt, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, PHOTOGRAPHY / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Photographs: collections, Social and cultural history, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050