{"product_id":"african-catwalk-per-anders-pettersson-9783868286601","title":"African Catwalk","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotographer Per-Anders Pettersson documents the emerging African fashion industry in exclusive behind-the-scenes photographs. From 2010 to 2015 he has visited about sixteen countries, more than forty fashion events, and gotten exclusive access to many designers on the continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrican culture has always been seen as being influential anthropologically, but this book shows it as a fashion presence in its own right. South Africa has an established fashion scene and runs six fashion weeks year; others are held in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Angola, Nigeria, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, and Ghana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrican models are discovered at these events--many of them dream of becoming the next Naomi Campbell or Alek Wek. The middle-class and newly rich in Africa spend their money on foreign brands but local brands are trying to catch up, for example the Smarteez designers in Soweto, South Africa, or the Sapeurs in Kinshasa, DRC. Some of the most talented and internationally successful African designers are Duro Olowu, David Tlale, Gavin Rajah, Thula Sindi, Taibo Bacar, Deola Sagoe, Folake, and Lisa Folawiyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwedish born \u003cb\u003ePer-Anders Pettersson \u003c\/b\u003e(born 1967) is an award winning photographer--World Press Photo, PDN, POY, NPPA, CARE, CHIPP, Unicef Photo of the Year, American Photography, and Commarts--based in Cape Town, South Africa. He has exhibited at festivals and galleries around the world, for example, \"Amazon\", a two-person show with Sebasti縊 Salgado at Somerset House, London, 2011. In 2013 he published his first book, \u003ci\u003eRainbow Transit\u003c\/i\u003e, a look at South Africa in Democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Per-Anders Pettersson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3868286608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783868286601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kehrer Verlag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.40h x 9.50w x 0.80d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Per-Anders Pettersson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43991330488575,"sku":"9783868286601","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b092d04-fb88-4255-bbab-362e6b4cfaf0.jpg?v=1683309685","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/african-catwalk-per-anders-pettersson-9783868286601","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}