Giulia Paoletti In Conversation With Smooth Nzewi

Portrait And Place: Photography In Senegal, 1840–1960 (2024) Author Giulia Paoletti In Conversation With Smooth Nzew

By way of introducing Portrait and Place: Photography in Senegal, 1840–1960 (2024), author and educator Giulia Paoletti puts forth the Senegalese cultural practice of xoymet (kho-e-mët). Paoletti translates the Wolof verb as “to let someone catch a glimpse of something intimate,” one of several interpretations of the expansive tradition. Here, she highlights the practice of decorating a bride’s room with a temporary archive of family history and borrowed photographic images." 

This event will be held in the Riese Lounge at 721 Broadway on April 4, 2024 from 6pm-8:30pm.

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Macky Kane, “Portrait of Mrs. Fatou Thioune, Saint Louis “(1939–1941), scan from gelatin negative, 3 1/2 x 5 inches (© Photo Macky KANE; image courtesy Estate of Macky Kane, all images courtesy Princeton University Press unless otherwise noted)