Eliot Elisofon
Thursday, February 13th, 2014
Eliot Elisofon’s Africa: Old, Updated, Worse
Eliot Elisofon did not cast “new light” or “refine Africa in a new and a complex way for American audiences,” as claimed in Susan Stamberg’s “‘Life’ Photographer Showed Africa Through a New Lens” on NPR (February 10, 2014) about an exhibit of Elisofon’s work at the Museum of African Art in Washington D.C. His subjectivity
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
The story of how the most famous portrait of a young Chinua Achebe was taken
When the great Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe died this April, one of the photographs used repeatedly to illustrate stories or obituaries was a portrait taken of him in 1959 by the American photographer Eliot Elisofon. It is...
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Nelson Mandela
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Mandela had an Ethiopian passport under the name David Motsomayi. Where did he go?
7 Dec 2013 at 3:00 am
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Playlist: South African Jazz for Nelson Mandela
14 Dec 2013 at 12:00 pm
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Nelson Mandela is around like never before
9 Jul 2013 at 3:00 am
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Mandela was the Last Founding Father in Africa’s Decolonization
15 Dec 2013 at 9:00 am
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Three Myths about Mandela Worth Busting
6 Dec 2013 at 9:00 am
