Fragile legacies : the photographs of Solomon Osagie Alonge / Amy J. Staples, Flora Edouwaye S. Kaplan, and Bryna M. Freyer.

Author
Staples, Amy J., 1958- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • London : Giles, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
210 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm

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    Fragile Legacies showcases the extraordinary photographs of Chief Solomon Osagie Alonge (1911-1994), one of Nigeria's premier photographers and the first official photographer to the royal court of the Benin kingdom. Alonge's photographs document a half-century of the Benin palace and the rituals, pageantry, and regalia of the obas (kings), and provide rare insight into the early histories and practices of studio photography in West Africa. His insider status provides an important perspective for examining the transformations of Benin City during the early to mid-twentieth century. --Front flap.
    Notes
    • From title page: "With contributions from Kokunre Agbontaen-Eghafona, Eni Ehizibue Ehikhamenor, Tam Fiofori, Daniel E. Inneh, George Osodi, Theophilus Umogbai".
    • From title page verso: "Fragile legacies : the photographs of Solomon Osagie Alonge is published in conjunction with the exhibition Chief S.O. Alonge: Photographer to the Royal Court of Benin, Nigeria, organized by the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution."
    • Forward by Johnnetta Betsch Cole.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-199) and index (pages 205-210).
    Contents
    • Photography and visual culture in Benin : Chapter 1 : Imaging, Imagining history / Amy J. Staples
    • Chapter 2 : Remembering Solomon Osagie Alonge, Revisiting history / Flora Edouwaye S. Kaplan
    • Chapter 3 : Redeeming the image of the Benin monarchy and people / Tam Fiofori
    • Photographing the Oba of Benin / George Osodi
    • Benin arts and historical memory : Chapter 4 : Art as a medium of recording: precolonial Benin revisited / Daniel E. Inneh
    • Visualizing history: bronze plaques and photographs / Bryna M. Freyer
    • Chapter 5 : Photographic recordkeeping in Benin: ancient and modern / Kokunre Agbontaen-Eghafona
    • Fancy fabrics and photography / Bryna M. Freyer
    • The ideal photo studio : Chapter 6 : S.O. Alonge as artist-photographer-social documentarian / Amy J. Staples
    • An interview with Eni Ehizibue Ehikhamenor, Esan photographer / Amy J. Staples.
    Exhibition title
    • Chief S.O. Alonge : photographer to the Royal Court of Benin, Nigeria
    ISBN
    • 9780965600156 ((paperback))
    • 0965600157 ((paperback))
    • 9781907804991 ((hardcover))
    • 1907804994 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2017932882
    OCLC
    964893023
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