Shemelis Desta

LONDON.- The Photographer’s Gallery will present From Emperor to Military Dictator: Shemelis Desta’s Ethiopian Archive 1963-1982, on view 13 September – 11 November 2007. This exhibition will present a selection of images from the substantial photographic archive of the Ethiopian court photographer, Shemelis Desta. These works, in colour and black & white, document the period of Ethiopian political history that included both the past rule of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930 – 74) and the military-led government of the 70s and 80s. As Desta’s first major exhibition in a gallery space, this archive offers a unique insight into a secretive and tumultuous period in recent Ethiopian political history.  (lir la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=21664)