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Photography and Africa

This introductory text weaves many key references and works into an insightful, detailed overview of what Chris Jenks called ‘the centrality of the eye’ in western, post-enlightenment culture. But what is exceptional about Mirzoeff’s book is that he refuses to rest on this lofty theoretical platform, marching on into more contemporary texts and issues: gender and sexuality as well as images and conflict.