Decolonizing Images

A New History of Photographic Cultures in Egypt

Ronnie Close

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English

Manchester University Press
06 February 2024

Photographs: collections; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; 21st century history: from c 2000 -; Social & cultural history

The 2011 revolution put Egypt at the centre of discussions around radical transformations in global photographic cultures. But Egypt and photography share a longer, richer history rarely included in western accounts of the medium.

Decolonizing images focuses on the country's local visual heritage, continuing the urgent process of decolonizing the canon of photography. It presents a new account of the visual cultures produced and exhibited in Egypt by interpreting the camera's ability to conceal as much as it reveals.

The book moves from the initial encounters between local knowledge and western-led modernity to explore how the image intersects with the politics of representation, censorship, activism and aesthetics. It overturns Eurocentric understandings of the photograph through a compelling narrative of contemporary Egypt's indigenous visual culture.

By: Ronnie Close
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 491g
ISBN: 9781526165954
ISBN 10: 1526165953
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 06 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: unruly photography 1 Rethinking the histories of photography 2 Decolonizing the lens 3 National images 4 Histories of the street 5 Censorship gazes on female portraiture 6 Contemporary lenses within Egypt Conclusion: decolonial aesthetic futures Index -- .

Ronnie Close is an Associate Professor at the American University in Cairo

Reviews for Decolonizing Images: A New History of Photographic Cultures in Egypt

‘Identifying the decolonial image as neither de-linked from the western historiography of photography nor constrained by the limitations of its frameworks of interpretation, Ronnie Close provides a compelling alternative reading of Egypt’s visual heritage. Tracing the decolonial across Egyptian photographic culture, this wide-ranging account demonstrates Dipesh Chakrabarty’s claim that our historical differences actually make a difference.’ Justin Carville, IADT Dún Laoghaire -- .