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Mia: The Photography of Todd Webb Outside the Frame
May 5, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join us for a FREE roundtable discussion about “Todd Webb in Africa: Outside the Frame” with community members who have roots in countries where these photographs were taken.
This is a FREE virtual event that takes place via zoom. Reserve your tickets here: https://bit.ly/3vcdQCp
This exhibition features recently recovered early color photographs by the American documentary photographer, which were commissioned by the United Nations in 1958 to document emerging industries and technologies throughout the continent of Africa. While Todd Webb’s photographs present an outsider’s view onto the social, political, and cultural dynamics on the continent at a critical period between colonialism and independence, he resisted essentializing and exoticizing frameworks in order to create complex images of countries on the cusp of change. At the same time, his photographs raise important questions concerning photographic agency and power, racial and national privilege, and the ways in which Euro-Americans conceived of modernization at a crucial period in Africa’s history.
In this roundtable discussion, community members Aziz Osman and Fatuma Elmi, Kofi Odoom, Gladstone Sabah, and Andrea Mwalilino, who have roots in Somalia, Ghana, Togo, and Tanzania–all countries on Webb’s itinerary–reflect on the photographer’s depictions of their homelands and engage questions central to the history of documentary photography in Africa.
“Todd Webb in Africa: Outside the Frame” is on view in Mia’s Harrison Gallery through Sunday, June 13, 2021. Learn more and visit the online exhibition here: https://collections.artsmia.org/…/2830/todd-webb-in-africa
Ticketing Information
To attend this program: RSVP by calling (612) 870-6323 or register online: https://bit.ly/3vcdQCp to receive an email with the Zoom link for the program. If you have never used Zoom before, you will be prompted to download the Zoom app or join from your browser. Zoom works best on the Google Chrome browser. If you are having any trouble, contact our visitor experience team at visit@artsmia.org
To attend this program: RSVP by calling (612) 870-6323 or register online: https://bit.ly/3vcdQCp to receive an email with the Zoom link for the program. If you have never used Zoom before, you will be prompted to download the Zoom app or join from your browser. Zoom works best on the Google Chrome browser. If you are having any trouble, contact our visitor experience team at visit@artsmia.org
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[Pictured: Todd Webb, Untitled (44UN-7930-609), Somaliland (Somalia), 1958, archival pigment print. Courtesy of the Todd Webb Archive, L2020.85.81]
