Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Almost nine years ago, in July 2004, I made my way to the South African National Gallery in Cape Town, to see a show celebrating “A Decade of Democracy”. On the front of the museum’s dazzling white walls, the laughing, joyous photographic image of Tracey Rose’s “The Kiss” – an homage to and a parody
Monday, April 15th, 2013
April marks the springtime festival of fertility and harvest, Holi, which is celebrated throughout northern India. Because Holi is a yearly event that includes a large amount of revelry, without the obvious presence of the sacred, it’s...
Monday, April 15th, 2013
The International Center for Photography (ICP) is located in the heart of Manhattan, at the corner of West 43rd Street and the Avenue of the Americas. Nearby, Times Square’s mirages—brilliant expanses of neon fantasies, some spanning the...
Monday, February 25th, 2013
Ah, greasy, beak-nosed men with unsavoury, five-o-clock shadows darkening swarthy jawlines, proffering gifts and currying favours. Good to see that the illustrious history that connects the stereotyping of Jewish people and Indians (particularly Indians in Africa) is...
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Jezebel has already gone overboard commenting on and identifying the obvious misogyny and racial stereotyping in Sports Illustrated’s Seven Continents spread. They went through each photo, tagging them with gems such as:
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Aaron Kohn’s African Lookbook interview with David Goldblatt covers a wide swath of subject matter—from childhood experiences, how he began working as a photographer after his father’s death, and why he was never cut out to be...
Newt Gingrich goes to Africa
5 Jun 2011 at 8:12 am
And Then There Was Adidas
8 Jun 2010 at 10:00 am
Vogue Italia’s “Rebranding Africa” ...
6 Jun 2012 at 7:41 pm
Freedom’s in the Toilet
12 Apr 2011 at 1:00 pm
A Room Adrift in London
22 Jun 2012 at 10:00 am
The Whitney Soundtrack
14 Feb 2012 at 9:00 am
The Cartography of Bullshit
18 May 2013 at 4:09 am
In Memory of Anene Booysen
21 Feb 2013 at 1:39 pm
Why the rhino is Newsmaker of the Y...
22 Jan 2013 at 6:00 am
