...(ICP) New York City with a selection of photographs, photo installations, video, and other related works by forty artists from Africa and its recent diasporas. The exhibition comprised over 180 objects, meant to confront the New York art world--collectors and novices alike--with something like an antidote to the redundant "African" imaginary propped up by much of global media.

Enwezor, the recent recipient of prizes for criticism and curatorial work, has championed the cause of African photography for more than ten years, beginning with the resounding success of "In/Sight: African Photographers, 1940 to the Present" at the Guggenheim. Although far from singular (for instance, during the winter of 2005-2006, the Institut du Monde Arabe [IMA] in Paris held an exhibit, "Regard des Photographes Arabes Contemporains," fed by the same ambitions as "Snap Judgments"), this approach advocated setting aside the unilateral viewpoint imposed by Western media once and for all. In its place, Enwezor proposed a more intimate view of the African continent, embracing the perspective of those who inhabit the place and whose daily lives are entwined with it. For those unfamiliar with contemporary artists working in Africa and its diasporas, this show offered...

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