The society of ambianceurs and elegant people / Per-Anders Pettersson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pettersson, Per-Anders, 1967- author, photographer.

Standardized Title:

Photographs. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pettersson, Per-Anders, 1967-.

Pettersson, Per-Anders.

Photography, Artistic.

Fashion photography.

Dandyism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa--Pictorial works.

Dandyism.

Fashion--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa--Pictorial works.

Fashion.

Men--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa--Societies and clubs.

Men.

Men--Societies and clubs.

Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Société des ambianceurs et des personnes élégantes

SAPE

Place of Publication:

Stockport : Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2022.

Summary:

Being a Sapeur is more than a way of dressing, more than a hobby and more than a means of earning money and respect. It's a prestigious brotherhood with its own moral and social codes and ultimately it is a way of life and survival.0Many use it as an escape to forget daily problems and hardships, explaining that the dressing up and parading in the streets makes them feel important, allowing them to forget about their daily struggles in a chaotic Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. While they are often treated as next-door celebrities, their embodied art form brings them both a touch of glamour and a reprieve from the humble, bleak, and even destitute neighbourhoods they have spent their entire lives in. 0Rival Sapeur groups compete for attention and visibility in the streets, at events and on television and radio shows. Most will never experience first hand the sights of the fashion capitals of the world, but the movement should not be narrowly defined as a capitalistic, over-consuming, obsession and imitation of Western standards of beauty and success.0SAPE is a unique subculture within Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo. The project was photographed in Kinshasa, DRC 2012-2019.

Notes:

Signed and numbered edition.

ISBN:

9781911306900

1911306901

OCLC:

1346321667