Sandrine Colard, scholar of modern and contemporary African art history and independent curator, will draw on her extensive research in African photography to discuss the advent of the medium on the continent, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Through a comparative approach to early and modern African photography practices, she will highlight, among other things, the dual practice of photographers from that time who, like the photographers in our exhibition, produced not only state documents but more personal, intimate portraits, shaping the sitters’ national as well as private identities. Free with RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/sandrinexphotocameroon