Robert Lohmeyer’s 1907–1909 color photographs of German colonies promoted imperial propaganda, portraying Africa as a colonial idyll while erasing suffering — a visual legacy that helped entrench racist stereotypes still resonant today.
Faces of colonialism: the story of an imperialist propaganda
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