Apr
22
2010
Phyllis Galembo has been photographing masked revelers in ritual performances since 1987. Galembo has made over twenty trips to sites of ritual masquerade in Africa and the Caribbean.
She has photographed Carnaval in Jacmel, Haiti capturing annual performances, as well as African rites masks. One of her most known series of photographs are the Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou.
West Africa, Phyllis Galembo (c) taken from booooooom
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Feb
3
2010
Documentary series The Human Animal by ethnologist and zoologist Desmond Morris have always been magnet for wider audience. Made during the 1990′s his series (same as his books) about human body and the cultural differences are great resources which from time to time I like to watch again.
Photo above by Steve Pyke (c), photo bellow taken from robertodelrey.com
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Aug
9
2009
Entering the last session on African Dance… I can bet your body is still in one piece… Nkachika guided us through the learning process… now, the rest is on you…
Photo by Gordon Becker: African Dancer (c)
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Aug
9
2009
Hope this is not so hard to you, right now we are in the middle of Advanced African Dance school… let’s move on…
Photo taken from This Fab Trek (c)
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Aug
9
2009
Time to move on forward with African Dance classes… in this series you will upgrade your skills from beginners’ level to advanced African dancing… You will be guided by the same teacher, Lanecia Radcliff aka Nkachika…
Photo taken from: wowhall.org
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