Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa (born 1980)[1] is a Ugandan-born[2] British photographer, writer, and educator, living in the USA.[3] His series One Wall a Web has been shown in a solo exhibition at Light Work in New York and the book of the work won the Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award's First PhotoBook Award.[4][5]
Life and work edit
Wolukau-Wanambwa was born in Uganda[2] and grew up in the UK.[3] He obtained a BA in Philosophy and French from the University of Oxford, UK and an MFA in Photography from Virginia Commonwealth University.[6]
He has lived in the USA since 2012[3] and as of 2021 was living in Rhode Island.[7] He has lectured at Yale University, Cornell University, New York University, The New School,[8] and State University of New York at Purchase;[3] and been director of the photography MFA at Rhode Island School of Design.[9]
The book One Wall a Web (2018) includes two photographic series made by Wolukau-Wanambwa in the USA—Our Present Invention (2012–2014) and All My Gone Life (2014–2017)—as well as an extensive essay and appropriated archival images.[3][10] It "draws together poetry, critical writing, and photography to reflect on the ways that race, gender, and violence are woven into the fabric of (white) Western modernity. Set in America – with its history of injustice and its troubled present – One Wall a Web asks how documentary photography both participates in this complex play of forces, and suggests ways that we might find alternative pathways through it."[11]
Publications edit
Books by Wolukau-Wanambwa edit
- One Wall A Web. Amsterdam: Roma, 2018. ISBN 978-9492811226. Photographs and an essay by Wolukau-Wanambwa as well as appropriated archival images.[3][10]
- Hiding in Plain Sight. Harun Farocki Institute; Motto, 2020. Co-authored with Ben Alper. ISBN 978-2940672073.
- The Lives of Images, Vol. 1: Repetition, Reproduction, and Circulation. Aperture Reader Series. New York: Aperture, 2021. Edited by Wolukau-Wanambwa. ISBN 9781597115025.
- Dark Mirrors. London: Mack, 2021. ISBN 978-1-913620-39-4. Sixteen essays by Wolukau-Wanambwa on Deana Lawson, Dana Lixenberg, Paul Pfeiffer, Arthur Jafa, Katy Grannan, Jason Koxvold, Robert Bergman and others.
Books with contributions by Wolukau-Wanambwa edit
- Knives, Jason Koxvold. New York: Gnomic Book, 2017. ISBN 978-0998518022.
- The Image of Whiteness: Contemporary Photography and Racialization. London: Self Publish, Be Happy, 2019. Edited by Daniel C. Blight. ISBN 978-1999814496.[12]
- But Still, It Turns. Edited by Paul Graham. London: Mack, 2021. ISBN 978-1-912339-95-2. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the International Center of Photography, New York, 2021.[7]
Awards edit
- Winner, First PhotoBook Award, Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award for One Wall a Web[5]
Exhibitions edit
Solo exhibitions edit
- One Wall a Web, Light Work, Syracuse, New York.[4]
Group exhibitions edit
- Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York, 2020/21[13][14]
- But Still, It Turns: Recent Photography from the World, International Center of Photography, New York, 2021. Curated by Paul Graham.[7][15][16]
References edit
- ^ "Greater New York 2021". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa Archives". Nighthawknyc.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Juxtapoz Magazine - Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa: One Wall a Web". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Interview - Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa: One Wall a Web". Paper Journal (Interview). 6 November 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ a b "BJP-online's month in photobooks - 1854 Photography". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa". www.lightwork.org. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ a b c Lubow, Arthur (5 February 2021). "Photographing Life as It's Seen, Not Staged". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa". www.risd.edu. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "But Still, It Turns Conversations—Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa and David Campany". Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa: One Wall a Web: Book review by Taous R. Dahmani". 1000 Words. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ Shinkle, Eugenie (26 February 2019). "One Wall a Web: An Interview with Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa". American Suburb X. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "The Image of Whiteness: Contemporary Photography and Racialization: Book review by Paul Halliday". 1000 Words. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ Greenberger, Alex (28 July 2021). "MoMA PS1 Reveals Artist List for 2021 Greater New York Show". ARTnews. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "MoMA PS1 Unveils Artist List for 2021 Greater New York Exhibition". Artforum. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Exhibition Review: "But Still, It Turns" at The International Center of Photography (ICP)". Musée Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "But Still, It Turns: A manifesto for photography by Paul Graham". Vogue Italia. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.