Joseph Makula
Joseph Makula | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1929 |
| Education | Force Publique (military photography) |
| Known for | photography |
| Patron(s) | Congopresse agency |
Joseph Makula (born 1929) was a photographer from the Belgian Congo.
After joining the Force Publique, Makula served on the army newspaper, Sango ya biso, and in a military photographic laboratory. He left the army in 1956, and later joined the Congopresse agency, as their first African photographer.
He continued to work for Congopresse after independence, training a new generation of Zairean photographers. In 1968, Congopresse closed down and Makula set up his own business, Photo Mak, operating in Lemba, Kinshasa, until 1991.
Sources
- Christraud M. Geary, In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960. London: Philip Wilson for Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. pp. 54–55.
- Kinshasa Photographers, 1870 to 2000. Revue Noire, 2001. ISBN 2-909571-53-X.
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