Decolonising the Camera: Photography in Racial Time

Sealy, Mark

ISBN 10: 1912064758 / ISBN 13: 9781912064755

Published by Lawrence & Wishart, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decolonising the Camera: Photography in Racial Time
• Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1912064758
• ISBN 13: 9781912064755
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Decolonising the Camera trains Mark Sealy's sharp critical eye on the racial politics at work within photography, in the context of heated discussions around race and representation, the legacies of colonialism, and the importance of decolonising the university. Sealy analyses a series of images within and against the violent political reality of Western imperialism, and aims to extract new meanings and develop new ways of seeing that bring the Other into focus.

The book demonstrates that if we do not recognise the historical and political conjunctures of racial politics at work within photography, and their effects on those that have been culturally erased, made invisible or less than human by such images, then we remain hemmed within established orthodoxies of colonial thought concerning the racialised body, the subaltern and the politics of human recognition.

With detailed analyses of photographs - included in an insert - by Alice Seeley Harris, Joy Gregory, Rotimi Fani-Kayode and others, and spanning more than 100 years of photographic history, Decolonising the Camera contains vital visual and written material for readers interested in photography, race, human rights and the effects of colonial violence.

About the Author

Mark Sealy is interested in the relationship between photography and social change, identity politics, race, and human rights. He has been director of Autograph ABP (London) since 1991 and in his role as director has produced artist publications, curated exhibitions, and commissioned photographers and filmmakers worldwide. He has written for many international photography publications (selection listed below).