The Future Is in Your Hands: Portrait Photography from Senegal

by Beth A. Buggenhagen

In Senegal, portraiture serves as a vital index and creator of social connection. People sit for and display portraits, keep albums, and view illustrated magazines together. Through these portraiture practices, Senegalese have fashioned idealized images to mend fraught and fragmented lives in the context of decades of migration.

The Future Is in Your Hands provides an expansive frame for photography to highlight the role of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253067693
• ISBN13: 9780253067692
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher