Beautiful Time
Beautiful Time
About this book
"Congolese photographer and videographer Sammy Baloji explores the “beautiful time” when the labor of hardworking Congolese built a flourishing copper mining industry in what is now the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Following independence in the 1960s, this industry suffered greatly under mismanagement by corrupt governments. Baloji’s collages and photographs bring together images from the past and the present day to interrogate the meaning of memory."
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL21240775W
Subjects
Architectural photographyArchitecture, colonialCopper mines and miningCongo (democratic republic), description and travelExhibitionsArtistic PhotographyPictorial worksMuseum for African Art (New York, N.Y.)