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Chances are you know about the Paris or Milan Fashion Week, but did you know about the International Festival of African Fashion in Niger? Spanish photographer...
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African photography is on the rise. Following decades of photographic misrepresentation by observers from outside the continent, African photographers are now showing the world what they...
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African photography is on the rise. Following decades of photographic misrepresentation by observers from outside the continent, African photographers are now showing the world what they...
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Unstructured Images of South Africa
African photography is on the rise. Following decades of photographic misrepresentation by observers from outside the continent, African photographers are now showing the world what they...
Arts, Culture and Sport10 years ago
Teresa Meka: Capturing the change
African photography is on the rise. Following decades of photographic misrepresentation by observers from outside the continent, African photographers are now showing the world what they...

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Jorrit R Dijkstra

Stories By Jorrit R Dijkstra

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