Africa Junctions
Capturing the City
photography by Lard Buurman ; editing by Nina Folkersma ; essays by Chris Abani, N'Goné Fall, Chris Keulemans, Alexander Opper

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Author(s)

Chris Abani, N'Goné Fall, Chris Keulemans, Alexander Opper

Editor(s)

Nina Folkersma

Publication

Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2014

Scope

216 Pages, illustrated, 31 cm.

ISBN

9783775737913

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The photographs by Lard Buurman (*1969 in Zeist) capture the African city as a site of permanent change and incessant encounter. The images are the result of combining several snapshots in time into a single scene, enabling the viewer to take in vibrant urban space. In African cities, life takes place on the streets, where public and private spheres blend. Metropolises in Africa are characterized by informal structures and the art of improvisation; their colonial pasts have left marks that continue into the present in the form of social inequality and bad governance.

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Person as subject

Lard Buurman

Keywords

photography

Location

Cabinet 12 - 1: Fotografen

Extra themes

Body and Architecture, Body and Space, Residents and the built environment ;

Remarks