New York, June 19, 1949
From The Photographs of Homer Page: The Guggenheim Year: New York, 1949-50
From Interpreting Children’s Drawings by Joseph H. DiLeo, M.D., Brunner/Mazel Publishers, New York, 1983.
Trailer for 1959 film “Come Back, Africa” written, produced, and directed by American filmmaker Lionel Rogosin.
After making a personal vow to fight racism and facism in the world, Rogosin moved to South Africa temporarily where he met with many anti-Apartheid activists who helped him prepare and develop the basis for the film.
As the main objective of Come Back, Africa was to expose the true nature of the Apartheid regime, the movie was filmed in secret using non-professional actors.
During the time that Rogosin was in South Africa, the forced removals of African residents from the Sophiatown area were underway which provided a critical backdrop for the film.
Once the filming for the movie was over, Rogosin left South Africa and never returned.
Starting January 27th, Come Back, Africa will be screened in its entirety at the Film Forum in New York until February 2nd.
Each image, a portrait of Herero tribe members of Namibia, reveals a material culture that harkens the region’s tumultuous past: residents wear Victorian era dresses and paramilitary costume as a direct result and documentation of its early 20th century German colonization.
Photographer: Jim Naughten
I particularly liked these tintype portraits from the recent feature on Keliy Anderson-Staley’s work, up at Flak Photo. The short piece of writing by the excellent Geoffrey Batchen is also well worth reading.
(via photographsonthebrain)
