A new exhibition at the African Art Museum honors Chief Solomon Osagie Alonge the first Nigerian court photographer during colonial times
“Chief S.O. Alonge: Photographer to the Royal Court of Benin, Nigeria” is on view at the National Museum of African Art through September 13, 2015.
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/man-who-reclaimed-photography-nigerian-people-180952721/#zHHysCSsxOK7mxHM.99
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