Before They Pass Away: Les dernières Ethnies- Avant qu'elles ne disparaissent (E/ F/ G)

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Industrialized society is trying to destroy us in the name of ‘progress’, but we will keep defending our lands and contributing to the protection of the planet. Curtis, el autor realiza un fenomenal trabajo fotográfico plasmando de forma espectacular a culturas apasionantes como los kazakhs (mongolia), himba (namibia), huli, asaro y kalam (Papua Nueva Guinea), chukchi (rusia), mustang (nepal), tsaatan (mongolia), mursi, dassanech, banna, karo o hamar (etiopia), rabari (india), samburu (kenya), huaorani (ecuador), dani, yali o korawai (indonesia), etc.

At once an historical record and an intense visual journey, these photographs depict near-forgotten cultures entirely isolated from our increasingly globalized world.So lugt unter manchem Gewand der ein oder andere Turnschuh hervor, ein bisschen verstörend ist, dass einige Männer verschiedener Kulturen sich mit Maschinengewehren zeigen. The collection makes a stylish statement to your interior, daring you to be different and following your own sun. There's hardly a photo in the whole book of over 400 pages that couldn't be framed and hung somewhere. They were understandably reluctant and afraid of this stranger and I was often met with scepticism towards my intentions. There are pages upon pages of individual portraits, some of them so stunningly detailed you could count the subjects' pores.

In several decades, their traditions will be gone, and even their native dress will have to be faked for tourists. Mit seiner Laufboden-Großformatkamera fängt Nelson jedes noch so feine Detail und jede winzige Nuance für die Nachwelt ein und präsentiert zahlreiche Szenen dieses prächtigen Schauspiels vor den lebendigen Hintergründen der noch unberührtesten Landschaften unseres Planeten. The book is expensive, but such lavish photos on high quality heavy paper with backdrops of pristine landscape and with summaries in three languages of their origins, lifestyle, religions and diets. It’s the idea of the noble savage that goes back hundreds of years—that somewhere out there are people who are untainted by a corrupting technological civilization.

The added information on the photographed tribes is even more brief than their respective Wikipedia articles. Bevor sie aussterben: Der einmalige Bildband mit Porträts von 27 Stammeskulturen rund um den Globus.

The tribes in Nelson’s book face constant threats of displacement, murder, racism, or forced “development”, yet the average viewer would have no inkling of the suffering behind every dramatic print. Voor en na - foto's waren bvb ook leuk geweest, die mensen lopen toch niet altijd zo rond (of wel :o?De stammen worden kort voorgesteld, maar ik had graag nog wat meer geweten over wat er op de foto te zien is: welke ceremonie zijn ze aan het doen, wat is de betekenis van al hun opsmuk, waarom staan Afrikaanse stammen daar zo trots te pronken met zwaar geschut? Taking inspiration from a variety of design periods to construct the pattern, with classic floral elements from orchids, peony’s and delphiniums (a flower that represents the transcendence of time and space - which in my opinion a good cup of tea takes us to! This collection is designed to highlight global warming and the plight that hunting and the ever-present threat of extinction are having on our planet. Compared to Hamid Sardar or Steve McCurry's (although he sometimes suffers from the same flaws) and other's works, it's plain bad.

Kazakhs - page 9-33 (My favorite pictures - hunting with golden eagles, riding ponies, in incredible landscape.

Jimmy Nelsons Anliegen ist: „… Bilder erschaffen, die uns und die nachfolgenden Generationen an die Schönheit des unverfälschten und authentischen Lebens erinnern, an das Wesentliche, das uns dieses Leben lehrt und das uns in der sogenannten zivilisierten Welt offenbar abhanden gekommen ist. This enchanting design collection submerges you deep beneath the ocean waves, dive down amongst the intoxicating layers of Adrift to discover the mischief and madness you have come to expect from BOBO1325.