Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography, 1st Ed., 2006, Near Fine HC w/DJ.

Enwezor, Okwui. New York: International Center of Photography, 2006. 

English, First Edition, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 12 3/4" x 9 5/8", 383 pp.

ISBN: 3865212247

First Edition, hardcover in black cloth. Minor sunning and wear to top edge. Very Good pictorial dust jacket, minor tear to head, sunning to top edge, some edgewear and shelf wear, now in mylar. 383 pp. Includes around 250 works reproduced in black-and-white and full-color by over 30 artists across Africa. From inside the dust jacket: "Snap Judgements presents a range of highly individual artistic responses to the unprecedented changes now taking place in Africa and provides new insight into the increasing role of the visual arts within the global cultural community." Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same organized by the International Center of Photography held from March 10 to May 28, 2006. Stunningly produced collection of photographs that provides space for a discussion of African aesthetics and how Western influences can be tied in.