Aperture 227 - Platform Africa

A detailed look at the dynamic spaces that have shaped conversations about photography in Africa for the last twenty-five years―the biennials, experimental art spaces, and educational workshops in which artists and audiences interact with photography. Platform: Africa presents a new generation of powerful artists, and is produced in collaboration with guest editors Bisi Silva, Founder and Artistic Director of the Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos, Nigeria; John Fleetwood, director of the South Africa-based platform Photo and former head of the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg; and Aicha Diallo, Associate Editor of Contemporary And.