Editions Revue Noire, 1998.
Winner, Nadar Prize, 1998.
New York Times Book Review - one of Andy Grundberg's top books from 1999:
Since photography was invented in Europe and quickly adopted in the United States, it is customary to think of it as primarily a Western activity. This is true enough for most colonial photography, in which adventuresome travelers typically enlisted non-Europeans as their exotic subjects. This book, however, demonstrates that -- at least in Africa -- the camera blossomed in the hands of indigenous photographers as colonialism waned. Filled with fascinating images from the realms of commercial studio portraiture, photojournalism and fine art, and ranging chronologically from the turn of the century to the present, ''Anthology of African and Indian Ocean Photography'' is a treasure chest of information and visual material not found in any current history of photography -- and virtually unknown in the United States. What makes it especially interesting is the quality of independent invention of much of the work...
"Diaspora" by Deborah Willis
Untitled Self-Portraits
by Carla Williams, 1990 - 1991.
Untitled Self-Portrait
by Carla Williams, 1997.
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