Natural Fashion : Tribal Decoration from Africa

Informationen zum Autor Hans Silvester is a member of the Rapho photographic agency. His most recent reports took him to Rajasthan, where he photographed the people of the Thar desert and the incredible bestiary of Shekhawati wall paintings. His books include Natural Fashion and A Window on Africa . Silvester lives in France. Klappentext The scene of tribal conflicts and guerrilla incursions, Ethiopia's Omo Valley is also home to fascinating rites and traditions that have survived for thousands of years. Vorwort A priceless record of a unique and increasingly fragile way of life, one threatened by conflict, climate change and tourism Zusammenfassung Photographer Hans Silvester travelled to the remote Omo Valley to capture the striking body art of the local Surma and Mursi tribes. Traditionally nomadic, the tribes decorate the territory of their naked bodies with whatever nature offers – leaves, flowers, grasses, butterfly wings and snail shells – plus the occasional pen top or Kalashnikov cartridge. The spontaneously woven hats and headdresses are part fashion, part trophy display, part protection from the sun – but mainly just the expression of a joyful creative spirit. Silvester’s astonishing photographs capture these decorations to form a parade of African fashion that is as rich as it is ephemeral. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Art and the Body , by Hans Silvester ¿ The Photographs ¿ Endmatter

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Introduction: Art and the Body, by Hans Silvester - The Photographs - Endmatter

Report

'As a celebration of themselves and of their stunning environment, this is truly an African fashion parade like no other' - Daily Mail

Product details

• Authors: Hans Silvester, Hans W. Silvester, Silvester Hans
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.02.2009
• EAN: 9780500288054
• ISBN: 978-0-500-28805-4
• No. of pages: 168
• Weight: 1040 g
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Photography, filmmaking, video filmmaking; Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, PHOTOGRAPHY / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Fashion & society, Photographs: collections, Cultural studies: dress and society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies