Exercise 4—Hoek answers Wolukau-Wanambwa

Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa’s article (2015) raises a number of pressing questions about the portrayal of The Other in photography using examples drawn from recent publications by photographers Jan Hoek, Viviane Sassen and Cristina de Middel. In this specific case, The Others are Black Africans and the photographers are White Europeans. Wolukau-Wanambwa’s primary objection to the work of