photokunst Introduces Dana Gluckstein and Dignity
Museum-collected photographer Dana Gluckstein documents tribes in transition in her upcoming book, Dignity: In Honor of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and a traveling exhibition organized by photokunst, Dignity: Tribes in Transition.
The exhibition will launch in Munich, Germany, November 2010 and will be followed by openings in the US and Europe to celebrate the Amnesty International's 50th anniversary year in 2011 and beyond.
The book, Dignity: In Honor of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, with forewords by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Iroquois Faithkeeper Oren Lyons and an epilogue by Amnesty International, will be introduced at the Frankfurt Book Fair, October 2010 in English (powerHouse, New York ) and in German (Langen Mueller, Munich).
Dignity: Tribes in Transition is available to travel through 2013.
Phil Borges' new exhibition Stirring the Fire: a global movement to empower women and girls launches at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego
In collaboration with the Foundation for Women, other women's funding organizations, and a major financial institution, photokunst announces the traveling exhibition Stirring the Fire: a global movement to empower women and girls, and companion website by social documentary photographer and filmmaker Phil Borges.
Stirring the Fire documents women from developing countries who have broken through barriers of tradition and oppression to become catalysts of change in their communities. Through the photos and inspirational stories of these women, Borges hopes to bring the issue of global gender inequality to a new level of awareness.
The traveling exhibition Stirring the Fire, launches at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego August 15, 2010 and continue through December 15, 2010. Through its Women PeaceMakers and WorldLink programs, the Institute puts a special emphasis on the impact that women and youth have in building sustainable peace. Stirring the Fire is available to travel through summer 2015.
WINGS honors Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher with the 2010 Women of Discovery Lifetime Achievement Award in New York City.
Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher will be honored for their work of more than 30 years recording fast-disappearing cultures and traditions across more than 40 countries and over 150 African cultures. WINGS celebrates and supports extraordinary women explorers and promotes scientific exploration, education and conservation to inspire future generations.
Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher Receive 2009 Image Award in Spain
Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher were recently honored by the Spanish Geographic Society. The pair received the society's 2009 Image Award for their ongoing work documenting the tribal rites of Africa. They are also featured in El Pais, a Spanish newspaper. Read the article here.
Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher's Passages Exhibition Travels to Italy
Passages: Photographs in Africa by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher was recently exhibited as part of the Festival Internazzionale Di Danza E Musica Afro in Turin, Italy at the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali.
Passages, featuring more than 90 large scale photographs and six films, documents time-honored African ceremonial traditions of the passing from one life phase into another by critically acclaimed photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher. The exhibition includes selections from African Ceremonies (1999), which received the United Nations Award of Excellence.
“A magnificent documenting [of] the continent’s rapidly vanishing kaleidoscope of tribal rites.”
— Time Magazine
Passages is returning to the United States and is currently available to travel.
Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher Photos Featured in Lamu: Kenya's Enchanted Island
Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher were invited to document the Lamu culture for the Rizzoli book Lamu: Kenya’s Enchanted Island. The island of Lamu—Kenya’s oldest town and one of the original Swahili settlements along coastal East Africa lies off the coast of northern Kenya. Listed by UNESCO as a prestigious world heritage site, Lamu offers visitors the hypnotic experience of entering another world. With 300 exquisite, specially commissioned photographs, the volume opens a window onto the island’s enchanting and inspiring architecture, interiors, crafts, and traditions.
Chris Rainier's Ancient Marks in Norway
Chris Rainier’s provocative Ancient Marks exhibition is featured in the Nordic Light International Festival of Photography, Norway from April 27 through May 1, 2010. His exciting and innovative collection, Ancient Marks features the fascinating art of scarification and tattoos as a form of initiation and ornamentation dating back two thousand years and continuing around the world today. The exhibition features portraits of an astonishing array of people — from indigenous peoples in Tahiti to gang members in Los Angeles, from the mafia in Japan to the spiritual teachers of South Asia. Ancient Marks will return to the United States in May 2010 and is available to travel.
Chris Rainier at The Bowers Museum
Chris Rainier’s new exhibition Where Masks Still Dance: New Guinea is currently at The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California through June 6, 2010. Chris Rainier is considered one of the leading documentary photographers working today. Where Masks Still Dance: New Guinea features 42 black and white photographs of the intricate and mysterious cultures that inhabit the island of New Guinea, home to more than 1,000 aboriginal tribes and 800 languages. In addition to the new photography exhibition, Chris Rainier guest curated an exhibition of South Pacific art from the Bowers Museum’s permanent collection, Spirits and Headhunters: Art of the Pacific Islands. Spirits and Headhunters remains on display installation. The exhibition encompasses work from the geographic region known as Oceania and features masterworks from Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. Particular focus is placed on New Guinea, known as the land of the headhunter, and includes weapons of warfare, personal adornments, magic figures and tools, shell and feather currency, finely crafted bowls, and larger than life masks, plus additional photographs by Chris Rainier illustrating the works on view.
Dorothy Kerper Monnolly's Great Marsh in Massachussetts
Dorothy Kerper Monnelly’s The Great Marsh exhibition is on display at the Abbot Library in Marblehead, MA through the 26th of March, 2010. The show is co-sponsored by the Marblehead Conservancy and the Abbot Library. Dorothy Kerper Monnelly was invited to deliver the keynote address at the annual meeting of the Conservancy. The Great Marsh will be part of the 375th anniversary celebration for the town of Newberry, MA . The exhibition opens Friday, December 3 at The Governor’s Academy, 1 Elm Street, Byfield (Performing Arts Center) and will remain on display through January 28, 2011. Award-winning photographer Dorothy Monnelly captures the yet-unspoiled beauty of one of the last natural ecosystems in the Northeast. In this collection of large format, black and white photographs, the salt marsh is a solemn force rendered dramatically with gelatin silver prints. As a native of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Monnelly executes her work with a familiarity and grace evocative of Ansel Adams. Her work is described by Jeanne Adams, director of the Ansel Adams Trust, as capturing the marsh's "amazing sculptural quality."
Alfred Wertheimer London Exhibition
Alfred Wertheimer’s photographs of Elvis in 1956 were featured at Proud Gallery London. Wertheimer's unobtrusive photographs of Elvis in performance, with his fans, in the recording studio, and at home with his family present a unique look at one of the world's most famous cultural figures. These images represent the first and the last unguarded look at Elvis, and are an extraordinary portrait of a charismatic young man who would go on to become a legend. The Elvis at 21 exhibition is available to travel outside the United States.
Alfred Wertheimer featured in Vanity Fair.
With the 75th Anniversary of Elvis Presley's birth, Alfred Werthheimer has been in the limelight for his iconic photographs of the emerging star. Alfred Wertheimer and a selection of his Elvis photographs were featured in the January 2010 issue of Vanity Fair.
Thomas L. Kelly Capturing Himalayan Style
Thomas L. Kelly is finalizing a photo collection for his new book Himalayan Style: Shelters and Sanctuaries, an exploration of the spaces created and used by people of the Himalayas. In a marriage of traditional and current approaches to design, photographer Thomas L. Kelly and author Claire Burkert illuminate stunning vernacular architecture, sacred spaces and interiors found in Tibet, India, Bhutan and Nepal. Unique is the book’s exploration of contemporary style in the Himalayas, including distinctive homes, museums, gardens and fine crafts. An introduction by acclaimed Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman points out the cultural and spiritual foundations of Himalayan aesthetics.
T.J. Dixon and James Nelson in Art Daily
A collection of T.J. Dixon and James Nelson's photographs have been selected for the curated gallery on the internet news site artdaily.org, which features fine art news and related images.
James Longley honored as a MacArthur Fellow
The MacArthur Fellowship, commonly referred to as the "genius grant," is a "no strings attached" award in support of people, not projects. Through his work James Longley is illuminating the beauty of foreign lands and providing Western audiences with a critical new perspective on communities living under extremely challenging conditions. The MacArthur Foundation awarded him the prestigious fellowship based on his creative potential for further positive contributions to society.
James Longley Photo in It Is What It Is
James Longley’s photograph Al-Mutanabi Street is currently included in Jeremy Deller's exhibition It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq. Originated by the New Museum in New York, the exhibition has recently traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
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