Aperture #252
Editors Notes
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The quarterly magazine of New York-based photography foundation of the same name, Aperture is the flagship representation of their commitment to contemporary photography..
Following acclaimed issues centered on Delhi, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and São Paulo, Aperture magazine presents “Accra,” an edition that considers the Ghanaian capital as a site of dynamic photographic voices and histories that connect visual culture in West Africa to the world. “Accra” is guest edited by the New York–based artist Lyle Ashton Harris and the Accra-based photographer and educator Nii Obodai.
This issue was guest edited by artist Lyle Ashton Harris and photographer Nii Obodai. The two residents of Accra had wanted to collaborate for some time, and the opportunity to guest edit Aperture while highlighting the Ghanian capitol was a serendipitous confluence. Inside, features on Carlos Idun-Tawiah's nostalgic family portrait series, scenes from Makola Market, and the experience of returning to Ghana as a member of the African diaspora.
Ghana has been a site of compelling photography since the late nineteenth century, from the output of the hundred-year-old Deo Gratias photo studio to the stylish midcentury visions of James Barnor. Aperture Issue #252 “Accra” features exclusive interviews with Zohra Opoku, whose textile-based works evoke mortality and resilience, and John Akomfrah, the celebrated filmmaker who throughout his career has dramatized ideas about heritage and belonging between Ghana and the UK, and who will represent Britain in the 2024 Venice Biennale.
Photographs by the cover artist Carlos Idun-Tawiah, whose work is featured in a portfolio, will be presented by Aperture at the Armory Show in New York, September 7–10.
“Photography is a potent medium for situating history,” says Obodai. “Accra” looks both to the archives that catalog Ghana’s past—and the country’s central role in Pan-African thought and political activism—and to the visions of a new generation.
Editors Notes
—
The quarterly magazine of New York-based photography foundation of the same name, Aperture is the flagship representation of their commitment to contemporary photography..
Following acclaimed issues centered on Delhi, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and São Paulo, Aperture magazine presents “Accra,” an edition that considers the Ghanaian capital as a site of dynamic photographic voices and histories that connect visual culture in West Africa to the world. “Accra” is guest edited by the New York–based artist Lyle Ashton Harris and the Accra-based photographer and educator Nii Obodai.
This issue was guest edited by artist Lyle Ashton Harris and photographer Nii Obodai. The two residents of Accra had wanted to collaborate for some time, and the opportunity to guest edit Aperture while highlighting the Ghanian capitol was a serendipitous confluence. Inside, features on Carlos Idun-Tawiah's nostalgic family portrait series, scenes from Makola Market, and the experience of returning to Ghana as a member of the African diaspora.
Ghana has been a site of compelling photography since the late nineteenth century, from the output of the hundred-year-old Deo Gratias photo studio to the stylish midcentury visions of James Barnor. Aperture Issue #252 “Accra” features exclusive interviews with Zohra Opoku, whose textile-based works evoke mortality and resilience, and John Akomfrah, the celebrated filmmaker who throughout his career has dramatized ideas about heritage and belonging between Ghana and the UK, and who will represent Britain in the 2024 Venice Biennale.
Photographs by the cover artist Carlos Idun-Tawiah, whose work is featured in a portfolio, will be presented by Aperture at the Armory Show in New York, September 7–10.
“Photography is a potent medium for situating history,” says Obodai. “Accra” looks both to the archives that catalog Ghana’s past—and the country’s central role in Pan-African thought and political activism—and to the visions of a new generation.
Editors Notes
—
The quarterly magazine of New York-based photography foundation of the same name, Aperture is the flagship representation of their commitment to contemporary photography..
Following acclaimed issues centered on Delhi, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and São Paulo, Aperture magazine presents “Accra,” an edition that considers the Ghanaian capital as a site of dynamic photographic voices and histories that connect visual culture in West Africa to the world. “Accra” is guest edited by the New York–based artist Lyle Ashton Harris and the Accra-based photographer and educator Nii Obodai.
This issue was guest edited by artist Lyle Ashton Harris and photographer Nii Obodai. The two residents of Accra had wanted to collaborate for some time, and the opportunity to guest edit Aperture while highlighting the Ghanian capitol was a serendipitous confluence. Inside, features on Carlos Idun-Tawiah's nostalgic family portrait series, scenes from Makola Market, and the experience of returning to Ghana as a member of the African diaspora.
Ghana has been a site of compelling photography since the late nineteenth century, from the output of the hundred-year-old Deo Gratias photo studio to the stylish midcentury visions of James Barnor. Aperture Issue #252 “Accra” features exclusive interviews with Zohra Opoku, whose textile-based works evoke mortality and resilience, and John Akomfrah, the celebrated filmmaker who throughout his career has dramatized ideas about heritage and belonging between Ghana and the UK, and who will represent Britain in the 2024 Venice Biennale.
Photographs by the cover artist Carlos Idun-Tawiah, whose work is featured in a portfolio, will be presented by Aperture at the Armory Show in New York, September 7–10.
“Photography is a potent medium for situating history,” says Obodai. “Accra” looks both to the archives that catalog Ghana’s past—and the country’s central role in Pan-African thought and political activism—and to the visions of a new generation.