Giulia Paoletti at 1-54 Contemporary African Art FairPortrait and Place: Photography in Senegal, 1840–1960

BOOK LAUNCH: PORTRAIT & PLACE: PHOTOGRAPHY IN SENEGAL, 1840-1960 

Time: 11:00 – 12:00

Location: Somerset House screening room

Photography in Senegal emerged and thrived at the intersection of the Black Atlantic, the Islamic Ummah, and African cultures. Starting with the oldest-surviving daguerreotype from West Africa from the 1840s, all the way to the itinerant practice of modernists like Oumar Ka in the 1960s.

Giulia Paoletti will be available in the 1-54 Bookshop after the talk from 12.00 – 12.45 to sign copies of her groundbreaking book.