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Title: African Ceremonies by Carol Beckwith, Angela Fisher ISBN: 0-8109-4205-4 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $150.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.23 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally!A Nonethnocentric Perspective on African Traditions!
Comment: The New York Times Sunday Book Review section today had a wonderful review of this book (2 volumes in a slipcase). The documentation of ritual and people performing rituals as the seasons change in Nature and life cycles turn for People is a sacred task. The photographers appear to have embraced their subjects with care and respect - perhaps others will follow in this way in the future. What strikes me most about the book and the reviews is the genuine approach of the authors to the dignity, honor and respect of the African People they have photographed and documented. This alone makes the book a winner for me.
Regarding the book, I am particularly impressed by their treatment of sacredness without judgment and jaded lens. Indeed the art and form of ritual itself creates tradition. The music of these images is at once visual and alive celebrating the sacred as timeless expressions of culture and community.
Rating: 5
Summary: A beautiful set of bookd
Comment: This two volume set contains beautiful, wonderful, photographs, showing some of the diversity of Africa and the beauty of the African people. As another reviewer mentioned, I would also love to see another book by these photographer/authors on daily life. For anyone interested in Africa, I cannot recommend this book too strongly.
Rating: 4
Summary: See it before it disappears
Comment: A beautiful look at cultural conventions that may soon be relegated to the quaint and unusual.
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Title: Africa Adorned by Angela Fisher ISBN: 0810918234 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 30 September, 1984 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Passages: Photographs in Africa by Carol Beckwith, Angela Fisher ISBN: 0810929481 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Maasai by Carol Beckwith, Angela Fisher ISBN: 0810980991 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 August, 1990 List Price(USD): $34.98 |
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Title: Nomads of Niger by Carol Beckwith, Marion Van Offelen ISBN: 0810981254 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 05 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $29.98 |
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Title: African Ark by Carol Beckwith, Angela Fisher, Graham Hancock ISBN: 0810919028 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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