Real People of East Africa. Roland Brockmann
From 2016 - 2017 I made four trips through Kenya and Tanzania - travelling over land by minibus, motorbike taxi or on foot. Not to search for something, but to meet the existing, was a great adventure. This photo & text book is about the people I met along my way. They talk about what concerns them: success, failure, love, hope... everyday life. The photos show the people in their living or working environment. And always at eye level. Comming out in december at Photo Edition Berlin. With Essays from Alexis Malefakis and Meja Mwangi. Hardcover. 24 x 21 cm, 112 Pages, 49 images. Language: German/English.
From 2016 - 2017 I made four trips through Kenya and Tanzania - travelling over land by minibus, motorbike taxi or on foot. Not to search for something, but to meet the existing, was a great adventure. This photo & text book is about the people I met along my way. They talk about what concerns them: success, failure, love, hope... everyday life. The photos show the people in their living or working environment. And always at eye level. Comming out in december at Photo Edition Berlin. With Essays from Alexis Malefakis and Meja Mwangi. Hardcover. 24 x 21 cm, 112 Pages, 49 images. Language: German/English.
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Die Bilder von <strong>Roland</strong> <strong>Brockmann</strong> versuchen, mit dem Blick Europas auf Afrika von<br />
oben herab zu brechen. Vielmehr begegnen wir Männern und Frauen, die in den<br />
üblichen europäischen Klischees von Afrika kaum vorkommen: Lehrer, Handwerker,<br />
Fischer oder Bauern. Menschen also, die in ihrem Alltag vor ähnlichen Herausforderungen<br />
stehen wie viele Menschen in anderen Weltregionen auch.<br />
Alexis Malefakis, Kurator Afrika<br />
Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich<br />
<strong>Roland</strong> <strong>Brockmann</strong> tries to break with the European tradition <strong>of</strong> viewing <strong>Africa</strong><br />
from a privileged position. In his pictures, he rather presents us with men and<br />
women who can rarely be found in mainstream representations <strong>of</strong> <strong>Africa</strong> in Europe:<br />
teachers, craftsmen, fishermen or farmers. <strong>People</strong> who face similar challenges in<br />
their everyday lives like many people around the world.<br />
Alexis Malefakis, Curator <strong>Africa</strong><br />
Ethnographic Museum at the University <strong>of</strong> Zürich
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