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Vanishing Africa by Giansanti, Giann Hardcover Photography Book
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Vanishing Africa hardcover book by Giann Giansanti author photographer.
This book represents months of work of planning and in the field, but above all it is a tribute to the eternal beauty of Africa; the photographs and text 'steal' from the peoples of the Omo a fragment of their mystery and truth. But with delicacy and respect. By examining a small region in the heart of the continent, the books attempts to trace the roots of remotest Africa; the cradle of man, where ancestral bonds with nature still exist. It is a place where the link with the dark side of existence is not hidden, as happens in the West, but exhibited. By means of his camera and his pen, in this book the author has encapsulated long years of study of the most interesting peoples and ethnic groups in Africa. Centered around a series of extraordinary photographs, the book is a sort of reportage from the edge of the world, in search of vanishing Africa.
A splendid pictorial journey across the immense and magnificent continent and its people. Through images of extraordinary power and immediacy, photographer Gianni Giansanti takes the reader on a journey of discovery in Africa, and illustrates the life and traditions of the tribes who live there with a moving collection of African portraits. Each photograph becomes a masterpiece of abstract art, revealing close-ups of the tribes' traditional body paintings. They use their bodies as canvases, painting their skin with pigments made from powdered volcanic rock and adorning themselves with materials obtained from the world around them, such as flowers, leaves, grasses, shells and animal horns. African tribes are especially adept at this art, and - imbued with an exquisite sense of colour and form - usually paint their naked bodies with colourful dots, stripes and circles, and encased themselves in elaborate arrangements of vegetation and found objects. This art is endlessly inventive, magical and, above all, fun. The book offers an incredible look at the stunning range of colours and textures of the life and people in Africa, while recording the fascinating beauty of a world always in danger of extinction.
ILLUSTRATIONS: 276 color photographs
This is a beautiful large coffee table book.
Author Giansanti, Gianni
Publisher White Star Publishers
Place Of Publication Italy
Date Published 2010-09-07
DVD incuded.
- Dimensions:Height: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)Width: 10 in (25.4 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
- Style:Tribal (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:2010
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Moreno Valley, CA
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