London, Batsford, 1938. 1st edition. 114pp. Very good orange cloth covers with vignette on front board. Scarce pictorial dust jacket that has loss to the bottom and top head of spines. Contents fine. Illustrated with numerous excellent monochrome photos of an Africa of yesterday.
H-H travelled from Alexandria to the Sudan & East Africa, then via Uganda, the Congo and Chad to West Africa, Nigeria and via the Sahara to Algiers. An Africa "which is slowly disappearing with the ever-increasing supply of European and Japanese manufactured goods. Some day, when the entire Black Continent is clothed and reduced to banality, these documents may prove of interest."
Baron George Hoyningen-Huene (September 4, 1900 – September 12, 1968) was a fashion photographer of the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Russia to Baltic German and American parents and spent his working life in France, England and the United States.
Hoyningen-Huene worked in huge studios and with whatever lighting worked best. Beyond fashion, he was a portraitist of Hollywood stars and other celebrities.
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