Black-and-White Photography in Batcham: From a Golden Age to Decline (1970-1990)
Black-and-White Photography in Batcham: From a Golden Age to Decline (1970-1990)
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巴查姆的黑白摄影:从黄金时代到衰落(1970-1990)
DOI:
10.1080/02757206.2015.1074899
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发表时间:
2015
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0.7
通讯作者:
Tatsitsa J
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作者:
Tatsitsa J
In this article, I explore the biographies of three professional black-and-white photographers of the 1970s from Batcham, West Cameroon. They are Edouard Fofou, alias Photo-Edouard; Michel Kenne, also known as Photo-Kmichel and Gaspard Vincent Tatang, alias Tagavince. They and their work stands as an example of the very many African photographers whose work could be archived but probably will not be. If we know of a few celebrated names like Malik Sidibe but not Vincent Tatang it is as much by chance as anything else. This then is an exploration of a possible but unrealized archive. What we could call an archival path not taken.