Studio Photography and the Aesthetics of Citizenship in The Gambia, West Africa

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ID20066443
AuthorsLiam Buckley (corresponding author)
Year2020
Pages61-85
Publication date2020-05-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueSensible Objects (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781003086611-4
OpenAlexW3033073041
ISBN9781003086611
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited1

This chapter considers the genealogy of the parlor aesthetics and sensations, and how portrait studio layouts have reflected changes in the types of environment that lend themselves to the bearing of elegant appearance in The Gambia. During the portrait work of the National Census, the concept of citizenship - the relationship between individuals and the nation-state - materialized according to an ethos of elegance which allowed people to feel cherished and wanted, and secure within their encompassing environments. The most significant effect of the National Census on photography in The Gambia was that the burden of portraiture, like the concept of citizenship, was to make people feel cherished. Even during this period of state-oriented regulation, photography was not simply a matter of disciplinary surface description. Senegalese photographers had been traveling into The Gambia since 1986 to get people interested in color photography

Aesthetics · Art · Citizenship · Geography · Photography · Political science · Politics · Studio · Visual arts · African history and culture studies · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Law · Philippine History and Culture

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