by Nicolas Genty | Aug 18, 2023 | Blog
The photographs in “The Archive of Becoming” by Karl Ohiri, presented as part of the New Photography 2023 exhibition at MoMA, are sourced from discarded film negatives of portrait studios in Lagos, Nigeria. These studios abandoned the negatives as they...
by Nicolas Genty | Aug 18, 2023 | Blog
A letterpress type-case is a specialized storage compartment used in traditional letterpress printing. It is designed to hold individual metal or wood type characters, as well as other elements used in typesetting for letterpress printing. Kelani Abass inherited the...
by Nicolas Genty | Aug 16, 2023 | Blog
Akinbode Akinbiyi was born in 1946 in Oxford, England, to parents from Nigeria. He is a street photographer who takes slow walks through big cities like Bamako, Berlin, and Lagos, always with his Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex camera. He is someone who uses photography...
by Nicolas Genty | Aug 16, 2023 | Blog
Nigerian photography stands as a dynamic and vibrant facet of the country’s rich cultural tapestry. It carries diverse narratives, reflecting the nation’s history, traditions, and contemporary realities. Rooted in a fusion of indigenous artistry and global...
by Nicolas Genty | Aug 14, 2023 | Blog
Human interaction relies on an extraordinary skill we all share: deciphering faces. As we observe each other’s faces, unconscious cognitive processes orchestrate recognition and interpretation. This ability, a quintessential human trait, shapes understanding,...
by Nicolas Genty | Aug 6, 2023 | Blog
The name may make you smile, at least if you are French and if you pronounce it the French way: Gruyaert, « gruyère ». Harry Gruyaert is Belgian, from Antwerp, a Magnum photographer, master in saturated colours. Le Bal, located two steps away from Place Clichy is...
