1.0FOTO8https://www.foto8.com/liverich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5bkLTyl5G2"><a href="https://www.foto8.com/live/guy-tillims-avenue-patrice-lumumba/">Guy Tillim’s Avenue Patrice Lumumba</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.foto8.com/live/guy-tillims-avenue-patrice-lumumba/embed/#?secret=5bkLTyl5G2" width="600" height="338" title="“Guy Tillim’s Avenue Patrice Lumumba” — FOTO8" data-secret="5bkLTyl5G2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://i0.wp.com/www.foto8.com/live/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tillim1.jpg?fit=470%2C312&ssl=1470312Guy Tillim's latest body of work, Avenue Patrice Lumumba, collates photographs of modernist architecture taken in Angola, Mozambique, Madagascar and the Congo. The buildings recall the bombast of an earlier colonial era, and in their decay they suggest its fate.   Tillim spoke to Guy Lane about the pictures' engagement with history, African identity, and forms of photojournalism.