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Wanted: Re-imagining the Enslaved

In this captivating collection of photographs, Camille Turner and Camal Pirbhai draw attention to 18th-century fugitive slave ads from Canada’s colonial archives. Juxtaposing reproductions of actual advertisements with contemporary photographs that reinterpret the details of the clothing worn by the freedom seekers as high-fashion, Turner and Pirbhai provoke a conversation about Canada’s often unacknowledged role in the transatlantic slave trade.

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Camille Turner

Camille Turner combines Afrofuturism and historical research in her interventions, installations, and public engagements.

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Camal Pirbhai

Camal Pirbhai is a textile artist and designer

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In this captivating collection of photographs, Camille Turner and Camal Pirbhai draw attention to 18th-century fugitive slave ads from Canada’s colonial archives. Juxtaposing reproductions of actual advertisements with contemporary photographs that reinterpret the details of the clothing worn by the freedom seekers as high-fashion, Turner and Pirbhai provoke a conversation about Canada’s often unacknowledged role in the transatlantic slave trade.

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Dimensions:

32 Pages
13in * 9in * 0.125in
173gr

Published:

January 01, 2017

ISBN:

9781894243995

Book Subjects:

PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Fashion

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Language:

eng

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