Black Photographers Book Reviews » Wangechi Mutu http://81press.net Information & discussion about African diaspora photographers and publishing. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:53:21 +0000 en hourly 1 A Shady Promise by Wangechi Mutu (Damiani, 2008) http://81press.net/2009/02/22/a-shady-promise-by-wangechi-mutu-damiani-2008/ http://81press.net/2009/02/22/a-shady-promise-by-wangechi-mutu-damiani-2008/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:20:36 +0000 Carla http://81press.net/?p=436 A Shady Promise. Wangechi Mutu, text by Isolde Brielmaier and Malik Gaines, Damiani, 2008, ISBN 978 88 6208 021 7, 40.00 EUR.

(Not strictly photography, but the gorgeous end-paper odalisque self?-portraits were what compelled me to buy it. Maybe I can get them scanned.)

A shady promise, first monograph by Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu, deals with the female identity and the imagery of coloured women.

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