Publisher: Beak In The Air Year: 2012 Format: Softcover With Flaps + Poster Edition: 1st Edition Condition: New / Sealed Pages: 144 Size: 16.5 × 22.5cm
Jacob Nzudie photographs customers in a supermarket in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in front of their favorite aisles. The place is not insignificant. Intended for a privileged clientele, often composed of Western expatriates, it welcomes only a few Cameroonians who perceive it as a dream instrument, that of access to consumption. Even if it was initially professional and economic necessities that led Nzudie to make the store his studio, his photographic work explains the ambiguous relationships of his compatriots to urbanity and their desire for social advancement in a very hierarchical society.
