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Isolde Brielmaier: I am sparkling
N.V. Parekh & His Portrait Studio Mombasa, Kenya 1940-1980
- Damiani
- by Wangechi Mutu
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Publisher | Damiani |
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ISBN | 9788862087612 |
Author(s) | Wangechi Mutu |
Publication date | March 2022 |
Edition | Hardback |
Dimensions | 241 x 165 mm |
Pages | 144 |
Language(s) | English ed. |
Description
N.V. Parekh was an influential Indian-born portrait photographer whose studio,located in Mombasa in the 20th-century, attracted clients from East Africa andbeyond. I Am Sparkling: N. V. Parekh and His Portrait Studio ClientsùMombasa,Kenya 1940 to 1980 is a discrete examination of an historically-significant artist andhis distinct clientele, and the temporal, geographical, and cultural milieu in whichtheir collaborations flourished. The manuscript is based on a rarely accessedphotographic archive and is complemented by extensive interviews with ParekhÆsdiverse clientele, with a particular focus on women as clients of studiophotographers.