African Ceremonies

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"These two Western women have gone further and deeper into tribal Africa than any photographers have gone before."
—Taylor Holliday, Wall Street Journal
"A masterwork on African ritual. . . . The images are startling, the colors brilliant, the passion palpable."
—Associated Press
or ten years Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher traveled throughout Africa on foot, by camel, horse, mule, sailing dhow, and all-terrain vehicle, charged with the desire "to create a book that would be a visual exploration of the meaning and power of traditional rituals and ceremonies in Africa before they disappeared forever." The result of their Herculean effort—they ultimately recorded 93 ceremonies in 26 countries—was African Ceremonies, a monumental achievement of photography and anthropology. Their dazzling, forthright photographs transport the reader into a world of powerful connections between individual and community; body and spirit; land and peoples.
Now, Abrams is proud to release this... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"These two Western women have gone further and deeper into tribal Africa than any photographers have gone before."
—Taylor Holliday, Wall Street Journal
"A masterwork on African ritual. . . . The images are startling, the colors brilliant, the passion palpable."
—Associated Press
or ten years Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher traveled throughout Africa on foot, by camel, horse, mule, sailing dhow, and all-terrain vehicle, charged with the desire "to create a book that would be a visual exploration of the meaning and power of traditional rituals and ceremonies in Africa before they disappeared forever." The result of their Herculean effort—they ultimately recorded 93 ceremonies in 26 countries—was African Ceremonies, a monumental achievement of photography and anthropology. Their dazzling, forthright photographs transport the reader into a world of powerful connections between individual and community; body and spirit; land and peoples.
Now, Abrams is proud to release this concise edition of African Ceremonies, which has been carefully edited to present a complete overview of the subject and includes more than half of the photographs from the original two-volume set. Beckwith and Fisher once again present a remarkable spectrum of tribal ceremonies—baby namings, initiations, weddings, harvest blessings, coronations, healing exorcisms, and funerals among others—with unparalleled intimacy and candor. This lifework continues to ensure that the amazing cultural rites and rituals Beckwith and Fisher were fortunate to witness and record—many of which are no longer performed—will never be forgotten.
In his foreword, Dagara shaman Malidoma Patrice Some describes a rite of passage as a journey of the spirit: "Before you get started," he says, "you own the journey, but after you begin, the journey owns you." African Ceremonies is a journey that will change the reader forever.
With 461 photographs in full color Vissza