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Zola, Soweto, 2006 Ananias Léki Dago, Ivorian, born 1970 From the series Shebeen Blues Gelatin silver print Courtesy of the artist. © Ananias Léki Dago

Zola, Soweto, 2006 Ananias Léki Dago, Ivorian, born 1970 From the series Shebeen Blues Gelatin silver print Courtesy of the artist. © Ananias Léki Dago

Exhibition

Three Photographers/Six Cities

April 30–September 25, 2016

Experience six African cities through the work of three extraordinary photographers.

This exhibition offers an in-depth look at three photographers who create powerful pictures of African cities: Cairo, Nairobi, Lagos, Johannesburg, Bamako, and Tombouctou. From Akinbode Akinbiyi's observation of urban centers and Seydou Camara's examination of Islamic manuscripts to Ananias Léki Dago's pictures of offbeat locales, the images in this exhibition offer unique perspectives on contemporary African experience.

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Three Photographers/Six Cities is offered in conjunction with Creative Africa, a season devoted to African art and design.

Julien Levy Gallery, first floor, Perelman Building

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Akinbode Akinbiyi

Nigerian, born England 1946, lives in Berlin, GermanyAkinbode Akinbiyi's photographs reveal patterns of contemporary daily life alongside deeper layers of time. An active photographer since the 1970s, he has long focused on African cities, in particular Lagos, Nigeria; Cairo, Egypt; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Johannesburg, South Africa. This exhibition includes a selection of his photographs of Lagos and Cairo.

Curators

Peter Barberie, The Brodsky Curator of Photographs, Alfred Stieglitz Center

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