Title: Gulu Real Art Studio /
Authors: Bacigalupo, Martina.; Walther Collection Project Space (New York, N.Y.); Walther Collection.
Publisher: Steidl ; The Walther Collection,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Acholi (African people) Exhibitions.; Identification photographs Exhibitions.; Photography, Artistic Exhibitions; Gulu (Uganda) Exhibitions.
Abstract: This book shows a series of portraits found in the trash bin of the Gulu Real Art Studio, the oldest photographic studio in Gulu, Northern Uganda. The studio only has a machine that makes four ID images at a time, a number that most clients cannot afford, so the photographer takes single analog pictures, punches out the head with a special device, and discards the rest. In these faceless prints, one̕ s focus shifts to the subjects individual posture and clothing, forming a typological portrayal of a community. Martina Bacigalupo also interviewed clients of Gulu, and their stories, many deeply moving, describe the political, economic, and social conditions common to contemporary East Africa.