Photography in colonial Sudan. The first existing photographs in Sudan were taken in the early 1880s by British, French or Greek photographers in order to document colonial officers or other notables, like the Greek consul Leontidis. After the short-lived Mahdist State, the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan provided new opportunities for photographs of British miiltary persons.
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His powerful photo essay, “We Are Here Because We Are Strong”, was commissioned by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and published in Humanity magazine. Duley is a longtime collaborator with UNHCR and his previous projects for the agency include documenting the arrival of Syrian refugees in Greece in 2015.
Through images created by five internationally acclaimed artists, REFUGEE explores the lives of refugees from a host of diverse populations dispersed and displaced throughout the world. The exhibit features photographs taken in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Colombia, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Mexico, Myanmar, Serbia, Slovenia, and the United States.
Hundreds of thousands of photographs from central Africa circulated as postcards, stereographs and illustrations between 1885, when the region came under the colonial domination of the Belgian crown, France and Portugal, and 1960, when central African countries gained their independence. The images reached viewers around the globe and perpetuated ideas and fictions about African peoples.
Photographers are used to adapting to technology. Whether it’s more portable equipment that allows easier access to more remote engagement photo sessions or high-resolution phone cameras that have transformed weddings into paparazzi-like competitions for the best picture, photography has changed over the years and photographers have found ways to adjust.