Untitled (44UN-7943-001), Tanganyika (Tanzania), 1958
Todd Webb
Archival pigment print
Courtesy of the Todd Webb Archive L2020.85.26
Not on View
Webb’s photograph of a group of thatched-roof homes—a common architectural form in Tanganyika (Tanzania) in 1958—arranges their colorful walls along a low horizon, emphasizing the expanse of blue sky above. Although his assignment was to create a portrait of an increasingly technologically advanced and modernizing continent, Webb also documented indigenous architecture, like these round houses, throughout his journey.
Image: In Copyright. Courtesy of the Todd Webb Archive