A passage to Congo - LOOS, PIERRE|PIERRE BUCH

photographs by doctor Émile Muller 1923-1938

KORTE INHOUD

"A Passage to Congo" is a collection of photographs taken by Doctor Emile Muller (1891-1976) in the Congo provinces of the Kasai and Katanga, territories of the Chokwe, Luba, Bashibushong and Basalampasu tribes. For these people, he was not the "boss", but he who cured, who gave relief, who listened. He could move easily between the tribes without having to tackle the reticence that has denatured so many ethnic photographs. The privileged witnesses of esoteric ceremonies that are rarely photographed, his images are precious from an ethnographic and historical point of view, and reveal a fine aesthetic sense and profound humanity. Veritable living masks, as in the remarkable portraits of young Chokwe girls, astonishing initiation rites, scenes of divination, wild rhythmic dances responding to the beat of the large slotted drums, sculptural bodies decorated with tattoos and refined headgear recall the beauty and riches of these cultures, now lost in the modern world.Although some of Muller's negatives have surv... Lees verder...

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2008Uitgever: 5 Continents Editions142 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte:  290x250ISBN-10: 8874393997ISBN-13: 9788874393992

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