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In 1958, the UN sent Todd Webb to photograph development in sub-Saharan Africa, where he compiled hundreds of Kodachrome impressions. Only a couple dozen of the images later appeared in a drab brochure, and the project was largely abandoned. In the 1970s, Webb's entire archive mysteriously vanished, only to be discovered decades later, scattered among various basements in Berkeley, CA. This book surveys his travels on the African continent, with nicely printed selections from his film that exemplify the tricky legacy of Webb's lens. How to give meaning to the UN project's disorienting bit of midcentury paternalistic boosterism...Log In or Sign Up to Read More