{"product_id":"the-expanded-subject-by-sandrine-colard-9783777426327","title":"The Expanded Subject","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 19th-century studio practice through the independence era, African photography has best been known for modes of portraiture that crystallise the sitter's identity and social milieu. Even portraits by contemporary artists are often interpreted as windows into African realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Expanded Subject\u003c\/em\u003e reconsiders African contemporary photographic portraiture by presenting four practitioners whose concerns range well beyond questions of social identity. Sammy Baloji, Mohamed Camara, Saïdou Dicko, and George Osodi expand their subjects' interpretive possibilities, exemplifying a new creativity and versatility in portrait-making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile each artist employs different strategies, they all challenge the assumption that photographic portraits serve as mirrors of the \"self.\" Baloji's montages dislocate the subject historically, Camara probes the boundaries of the portrait genre, Dicko expresses uncertainty at the possibility of representation, and Osodi engages his subjects as platforms for political commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe four artists enlist portraiture as a point of departure for exploring subjectivity, history, and photographic form. \u003cem\u003eThe Expanded Subject\u003c\/em\u003e offers new insights into the expressive and conceptual range of African photo-portraiture today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432904245484,"sku":"9783777426327","price":58.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783777426327.jpg?v=1774766173","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-expanded-subject-by-sandrine-colard-9783777426327","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}