Blogger and broadcaster Mikko Kapanen visited the ARS11 exhibit of contemporary African art in Helsinki. These are his impressions written for AIAC:
Rainer Elstermanns’ “Photo Studio”
May 20, 2010 By 5 Comments
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The German photographer, Rainer Elstermanns, imagined an old photo studio set in rural Kenya in his studio in Berlin. He dressed models in period costumes. The result is a 17-minute film and a series of 40 recreations. Elstermann writes that he was inspired by the work of the great African photographers and artists, Samuel Fosso and Malick Sidibe, as well as the American photographer, Irving Penn.
The result was exhibited in The Netherlands until earlier this week. (I am assuming it will come to the US soon.)
Information and more photographs: Here, here and here.
– Sean Jacobs
