Republic of the Congo
One of the first photographic campaigns in support of human rights
Product Description
In the early 1900s, the missionary Alice Seeley Harris produced what was probably the first photographic campaign in support of human rights.
These pioneering photographs publicly exposed the violent consequences of human rights abuses in the Congo Free State. Seeley Harris exposed the atrocities that underpinned King Leopold II’s regime in the Congo Free State, bringing to public attention the plight of the Congolese people under a violent and oppressive regime.
The photographs are contextualised in this newspaper, reproduced alongside Sharon Sliwinsky's essay The Kodak on The Congo: the Childhood of Human Rights, an introduction by Mark Sealy, and a work by contemporary artist Sammy Baloji.
Content note: please be aware this publication contains photographs that may be disturbing to viewers due to the graphic or violent nature of the subject matter. Viewer discretion and parental guidance are advised.
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41x 26.5cm
Folded newspaper
22 pages
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