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Original carol beckwith and angela fisher 'surma girls painted as near twins, ethiopia, 1996' chromogenic photograph
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Original carol beckwith and angela fisher 'surma girls painted as near twins, ethiopia, 1996' chromogenic photograph
this is just a great original piece. I have had another photograph by carol beckwith in the past but it was just a simple little landscape photograph. Nothing of the magnitude of this incredible work. For those not familiar with the photographers, I have included their biography below. Incredible original chromogenic print by angela fisher and carol beckwith from 1996. Image measures 14 x 20 inches. Signed by both artists in silver ink lower right. Excellent as printed condition. Archival matte and black wood frame. Verso has original label 'eye of the beholder: photographs from the avon collection september 12-november 16, 1997" at the international center of photography, new york. Original label as well as original label from robert estall gallery. Frame measures 27 1/2 x 32 1/2 inches.
For those not familiar with the photographers, their biography from a website committed to their work reads: "forty years of work on the african continent have carried carol beckwith and angela fisher across 300,000 miles and through remote corners of 45 countries in exploration of more than 200 african cultures. In the process, this team of world-renowned photographers has produced fifteen widely acclaimed books and made four films about traditional africa. They have been granted unprecedented access to african tribal rites and rituals and continue to be honored worldwide for their powerful photographs documenting the traditional ceremonies of cultures thousands of years old. As an intrepid team of explorers, they are committed to preserving sacred tribal ceremonies and african cultural traditions all too vulnerable to the trends of modernity. The beckwith-fisher images are the result of a long, enduring and deeply respectful relationship with african tribal peoples. This, combined with their photographic skills, creates an intimate portrayal of ceremonies long held secret that might have never been recorded. Their work preserves and presents the power, complexity and celebration found within the rituals of african tribal life.
Their extraordinary photographs are recorded in sixteen best-selling books and in their films. Their new book “painted bodies” (2012) follows “maasai” (1980), “nomads of niger” (1983), “africa adorned” (1984), “african ark” (1990), “african ceremonies” (1999), “passages” (2000), “faces of africa” (2004), “lamu: kenya’s enchanted island” (2009), and “dinka” (2010). The special limited-edition books, hand printed in santiago, chile, are titled “surma,” “karo,” “maasai,” and “dinka.” “African ceremonies,” their defining body of work, is a double volume, pan-african study of rituals and rites of passage from birth to death, covering 93 ceremonies from 26 countries. This book won the united nations award for excellence for “vision and understanding of the role of cultural traditions in the pursuit of world peace.” Honored twice with the annisfield-wolf book award in race relations for “outstanding contributions to the understanding of cultural diversity and prejudice,” angela and carol are also winners of the royal geographical society of london’s cherry kearton medal for their contribution to the photographic recording of african ethnography and ritual.
The photographers have made four films about traditional africa, including way of the wodaabe (1986), the painter and the fighter, and two programs for the millennium series tribal wisdom and the modern world. Numerous exhibitions of their photography and films have been shown in museums and galleries around the world. In 2000 their passages exhibition opened at the brooklyn museum of art featuring 97 mural photographs, six video films and a selection of african masks, sculpture and jewelry. This exhibition has traveled to seven museums on three continents. Aware that traditional cultures in africa are fast disappearing, carol and angela have been working with an urgency to complete their ongoing study of african ceremonies with the goal of covering the remaining traditional ceremonies in the 13 african cultures they had not documented. Their latest double volume book and traveling exhibition, “african twilight: vanishing rituals and ceremonies”, completes the journey begun in african ceremonies, covering rituals and ceremonies from some of the most inaccessible corners of the continent. It is scheduled for release in autumn 2018. “We feel privileged to photograph these cultures that possess a wealth of knowledge that should be celebrated, shared, and honoured. It is our life’s passion to document and create a powerful visual record of these vanishing ways of life for future generations.” —Carol beckwith and angela fisher "
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- Dimensions
- 32.5ʺW × 1ʺD × 27.5ʺH
- Art Subjects
- Portrait
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Period
- 1990s
- Country of Origin
- Ethiopia
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Photography
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Excellent as printed condition. Excellent as printed condition. less
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