Reinforcing Photography and Unifying Africa

Continuing our focus on clusters and ecosystems we take a look at their importance in photography.Tam Fiofori writes in 234Next:

Photo courtesy of Uche James Iroha

One of the most gratifying manifestations in the growth and professionalism of photography in Nigeria is how the present ‘young' generation of photographers have embraced the ideals of working together in collectives, networking and their staunch refusal to be drawn into the simplistic frame of mind that they are in competition with one another as photographers.
They have, by adopting these positive ideals, been able to achieve as a group, a remarkable level of social responsibility in generating a huge body of authentic documentary images of ourselves as a people in all spheres of life. Our eminent historians and literary people have always advocated that we are, and remain, the best positioned people to write our history and tell our stories. Our photographers have now followed suit.

A lot of praise must go to Uche James Iroha, an accomplished international-award winner, for his brave and unselfish decision to invite other equally talented, aspiring and inspired photographers to collectively contribute towards the production of Unifying Africa; a book of huge relevance, captivating images and in-depth documentary strength.