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Glory to the Sky

Post author By Afapinen
Post date November 29, 2025

seance, 2023 (Carl Terver)

Photobook by Carl Terver

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An Affordance

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date November 8, 2024

In frame: "Third Mainland" by Ugochukwu Emebiriodo

by Carl Terver

Tags afapinen photography, Carl Terver photography, Emebiriodo, filter editing, iPhones, Sartre, Sontag, Sunkisses, teju cole, the lessons of Hue Editing, third manland

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A Wandering Feast: On Teju Cole’s Tremor

Post author By Afapinen
Post date July 19, 2024

by SA Sanusi

Tags cole-esque, colean, dissident novel, nigerian american, sa sanusi, sadako, teju cole, tremor, turner slave ship

Lagos, Their Lagos

Post author By Afapinen
Post date February 21, 2024

Illustration by Orndir Fanen

by Emmanuel Esomnofu

Tags akinbode akinbiyi, cyprian ekwensi, emmanuel esomnofu, emmanuel iduma, fela kuti, lagos and motion, lagos art, lagos their lagos, shuta bag, teju cole

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Julius is the Mote Suspended in the Slow-Moving Music in Teju Cole’s Open City

Post author By Afapinen
Post date January 10, 2022
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PHOTO CREDIT: Leonardo Cendamo/gettyimages

by Yaw Atuobi

Tags afapinen reviews, James Joyce, jeff atuobi, New York, open city, teju cole, The Dead

The Lessons of Hue Editing

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date October 5, 2021

PHOTO: Luper Aluga

by Carl Terver

Tags art criticism, aura, Carl Terver, hue editing, kamal obat, luper aluga, mechanical reproduction, Photography, teju cole, walter benjamin