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The Invention of Racism in Color
(Die Erfindung des Rassismus in Farbe)
202352mDocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
Overview
Between 1907 and 1909, Robert Lohmeyer (1879-1959), a German pioneer of color photography, traveled through the German colonies in Africa and portrayed their landscapes and native peoples in color for the first time, thus fulfilling a laudable purpose; but also laying the foundations for an enduring racist vision of the entire continent.
Created By
Michael Mueller
Alternative Titles
Fotografía: los colores del racismoES
Fotografia i kolonializm: barwy rasizmuPL
Il razzismo a colori: le ex colonie tedesche e la fotografiaIT
Racism in Colour: Photography of Former-German ColoniesGB
