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Nationality
  
Sierra Leonean

Name
  
Alphonso Lisk-Carew


Died
  
1969

Known for
  
Photography

Alphonso Lisk-Carew

Full Name
  
Alphonso Silvester Lisk-Carew

Alphonso Sylvester Lisk-Carew (1887–1969) was active as a photographer in Sierra Leone from around 1905 to 1920-1925.

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Life and work

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Alphonso Lisk-Carew founded his business in 1905. His brother Arthur was his assistant. Lisk-Carew advertised as Photographers, importers of photographic materials, stationery, toys, fancy goods, etc., 3 East Brook Lane and 30, corner of Westmoreland and Gloucester Streets Freetown, Sierra Leone. The brothers made photographic trips into the interior of Sierra Leone and also to the Gambia circa 1912. The Lisk-Carew brothers were appointed photographers for the visit of the Duke of Connaught in 1910.

Publications about Lisk-Carew

  • Vera Viditz-Ward: 'Photography in Sierra Leone, 1850-1918'. In: Africa (1987), 57:4, pag. 510–518
  • Sierra Leone, 1787-1987. Two Centuries of Intellectual Life. Manchester, 1987. (p. 514-516) ISBN 0719027918 (=Repr. of Africa, 57: 4)

    • References

    Alphonso Lisk-Carew Wikipedia
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