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Publisher Note

Research images from my cell phone, taken impulsively and intuitively as this project matured. They embody the spirit, energy and reality of tin mining in the Nigerian state of Plateau.
Fabrics and clay. Dark skin - ashen earth. Bodies merge with the landscape. Sediments from the present past - in water, soil, crops, terrain.
Woven in is a text by Erika Balsom, an in-depth consideration of the context and conception of the film Plateau.
In between an advertisement for the Commonwealth that appeared in the British Times in 1977 and outlines ambitious plans for the future of Nigeria. (Karimah Ashadu)

Photobook

Open Shields

by Karimah Ashadu

Publisher
Release Place Berlin, Germany
Edition 1st edition
Release Date 2021
Credits
Author: Erika Balsom
Artist: Karimah Ashadu
Printrun 400
Identifiers
ISBN-13: 978-3-95763-505-1
Work  
Topics Mines, Nigeria, Plateau
Methods Photography
Language English
Dimensions 19.0 × 25.5 cm
Pages 64