Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa Explained
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
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. He has lectured at Yale University, Cornell University, New York University, The New School,[7] and State University of New York at Purchase;[3] and been director of the photography MFA at Rhode Island School of Design.[8]
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] [9] 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."[10]
Publications
Books by Wolukau-Wanambwa
- One Wall A Web. Amsterdam: Roma, 2018. . Photographs and an essay by Wolukau-Wanambwa as well as appropriated archival images.[3] [9]
- Hiding in Plain Sight. Harun Farocki Institute; Motto, 2020. Co-authored with Ben Alper. .
- The Lives of Images, Vol. 1: Repetition, Reproduction, and Circulation. Aperture Reader Series. New York: Aperture, 2021. Edited by Wolukau-Wanambwa. .
- Dark Mirrors. London: Mack, 2021. . 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
Awards
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
Group exhibitions
Notes and References
- Web site: 2021-10-03. Greater New York 2021. The Museum of Modern Art.
- Web site: 2021-10-02. Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa Archives. Nighthawknyc.com.
- Web site: 2021-10-02. Juxtapoz Magazine - Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa: One Wall a Web. www.juxtapoz.com.
- 2021-10-03. Interview - Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa: One Wall a Web. 6 November 2016. Paper Journal.
- Web site: 2021-10-02. BJP-online's month in photobooks - 1854 Photography. www.1854.photography.
- Web site: 2021-10-02. Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa. 23 April 2015. www.lightwork.org.
- Web site: 2021-10-02. Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa. www.risd.edu.
- Web site: But Still, It Turns Conversations—Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa and David Campany. 2023-09-30.
- Web site: 2021-10-03. Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa: One Wall a Web: Book review by Taous R. Dahmani. 24 April 2019. 1000 Words.
- Web site: Eugenie. Shinkle. 2021-10-04. One Wall a Web: An Interview with Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa. 26 February 2019. American Suburb X.
- Web site: 2021-10-03. The Image of Whiteness: Contemporary Photography and Racialization: Book review by Paul Halliday. 3 September 2019. 1000 Words.
- News: Arthur. Lubow. 2021-10-02. Photographing Life as It's Seen, Not Staged. The New York Times. 5 February 2021. 0362-4331.
- Web site: Alex. Greenberger. 2021-10-03. MoMA PS1 Reveals Artist List for 2021 Greater New York Show. 28 July 2021. ARTnews.
- Web site: 2021-10-03. MoMA PS1 Unveils Artist List for 2021 Greater New York Exhibition. Artforum.
- Web site: 2021-10-03. Exhibition Review: "But Still, It Turns" at The International Center of Photography (ICP). Musée Magazine.
- Web site: 2021-10-03. But Still, It Turns: A manifesto for photography by Paul Graham. 16 March 2021. Vogue Italia.