Flamboya (First edition)

Viviane Sassen
Flamboya (First edition)

Photographs: Viviane Sassen

Text: Moses Isegawa & Edo Dijksterhuis

Publisher: Contrasto

96 pages

Pictures: 46

Year: 2008

Comments: Hardcover, 310 x 245 mm. First edition, 2008. Text in English. Color photographs. Beautifully designed by Syb. Kept in very good condition.

Shot in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Ghana, the ‘Flamboya’ photographs stand as paradigmatic for Sassen’s new way of looking at Africa –one devoid of sentimentality and that through poetical metaphors acknowledges the challenges and drawbacks of its complex reality.
Without giving up figurative means, Sassen went on developing a visual language that questions the stereotypes about Africa and ethnic otherness.

Thanks to Syb's design, some pages are cut halfway, giving new visions and meanings to Sassen's powerful images.