I am sparkling : N.V. Parekh and his portrait studio clients : Mombasa, Kenya, 1940-1980 / text by Isolde Brielmaier ; preface by Wangechi Mutu.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brielmaier, Isolde, 1971- (Author)
Other Authors: Parekh, N. V.
Wangechi Mutu (Writer of preface)
Language:English
Published: Bologna : Damiani, [2022]
Subjects:
Parekh, N. V.
Portrait photographers > India.
Portrait photographers > Kenya > Mombasa.
Photographic industry > Kenya > Mombasa.
Portrait photography > Kenya > Mombasa > History > 20th century.
Portrait photography > Economic aspects.
Portrait photography > Social aspects.
Women > Portraits.
Photographic industry.
Portrait photographers.
Women.
India.
Kenya > Mombasa.
Portraits.
Genre:
Portraits.
Physical Description:134 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface / conversation with Wangechi Mutu
  • Prologue
  • Introduction
  • A photographer in context
  • N. V. Parekh and his practice
  • N. V. Parekh's clients in the studio
  • A minidress and a bui bui: women in the studio from the late 1950s onwards
  • N. V. Parekh and the vernacular: portraits as haptic objects
  • Conclustion.