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Leaving for Niger

There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.” 

 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

Leaving for Niger on Tuesday…

 In the Sahel desert of Niger, the nomadic Wodaabe people spend months apart, searching out pastures for their herds. When the rains are good, the tribes celebrate with an extraordinary beauty contest called Gerewol… and it’s the men who are on parade. 

 Being nomads there is nothing fixed about the festivals – no specific dates, they occur in September and October,  different lineages join together for the pageantry.  Also, on my mind as we will be driving through the grasslands and desert, is there is no fixed location….

 Looking forward to a unique adventure whatever we find…nomad encampments, camels racing in the dunes , evening dances and hypnotic chants, then traveling into the Tenere Desert, which I have heard has an indescribable beauty and a silence so intense that one can imagine the sound of the star trails.

 Off the Grid

Over the Edge of the Wild

as Joseph Conrad once said…

Suddenly a puff of wind, a puff laden with the scents of Africa  – the first sigh of Africa on my face

I wonder what story will unfold…

Beautiful image of the Gerewol by Timothy AllenBBC Human Planet : Wodaabe Gerewol , Niger , Africa

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Heritage Museum of Malaga in Malaga, Spain Shows Hamar Family In the Omo Valley

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I am happy to show my photograph Hamar Family In the Omo Valley in the 3rd Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography in Malaga, Spain.

This exciting exhibition is Malaga’s largest international contemporary photography event. Held on September 18th, 2014, this edition of the Biennial will feature 164 artists from 25 countries at the modern Heritage Museum of Malaga.

This visual feast is the third edition of the Biennial, which first opened at the Circle of Fine Arts in Madrid in 2010, and then opened at the Borges Cultural Center in Buenos Aires in 2012.

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Table Of Silence Project 9/11

The Table of Silence Project 9/11 returned  today to Lincoln Center at the Josie Robertson Plaza around the fountain. This free public ceremony for peace commenced at 8:15 and concluded at 8:46 AM, the moment when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

This is the fourth presentation of The Table of Silence Project 9/11, a ritual for peace, conceived and choreographed by Jacqulyn Buglisi in collaboration with Italian visual artist, Rossella Vasta. A moving meditation, it is the the human embodiment of Vasta’s “Table of Silence” sculptural installation of 100 ceramic plates representing a symbolic banquet table uniting humanity.

“Moving to the ritualistic beat of the tympani, the minimal chant of the singers, the echoes the conch and the melody of the flute, the dancers ascend onto the Plaza forming patterns of concentric circles to create a peace labyrinth that culminates symbolically at 8:46 am and signifies eternity, purity and the continuous life cycle. This sacred landscape is filled with the transcendent energy of the Mandala, connecting dancers, musicians, and viewers to the healing rituals of the natural world.” said Marina Kennedy.

For all of us who were in NYC on 9/11/2001 and for people everywhere, that day is seared into our memory. I was so  glad to begin this day of remembrance, sharing and being part of this wonderful tribute.

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Table Of Silence Project 9/11

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IPA One Shot One World

I’m thrilled to have won five Honorable Mentions in International Photography Awards’ (IPA) One Shot: One World Competition.

About the award:

International Photography Awards competitions, receive nearly 18,000 submissions from 104 countries across the globe. IPA is a sister-effort of the Lucie Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to honor master photographers, to discover new and emerging talent and to promote the appreciation of photography. Since 2003, IPA has had the privilege and opportunity to acknowledge and recognize contemporary photographer’s accomplishments in this specialized and highly visible competition.

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aCurator Features – Terri Gold: Omo Valley

Absolutely thrilled to be included on the aCurator blog . Thank you, Julie Grahame for your generous work for the photo community.

It is so important to complete the circle and have one’s images go back out into the wide and wild world we live in …

 

PLease View the  Fullscreen Feature here

http://acurator.com/#/2/230/0

http://www.acurator.com/blog/2014/06/terri-gold-omo-valley.html

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Omo Valley Work Featured on L’Oeil de la Photographie

Delighted to have more great press on my Omo Valley work – this time from L’Oeil de la Photographie, a daily photo magazine.

http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/2014/05/31/the-eye-of-readers/25033/terri-gold-omo-valley

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Work from the Omo Featured on Revue Camera

I’m very excited to be featured on Revue Camera, a fabulous French/English photography magazine.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.649021205191611.1073741930.461205963973137&type=1

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Spotlight Interview … Documentary and Fine Art Photographer Terri Gold (2014)

I was happy to reconnect with James Robinson and be on his blog !

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In her first interview Terri Gold introduced herself to us. It’s always nice to hear from old friends and that happened the other day when Documentary and Fine Art photographer Terri Goldcontacted me with news of her most recent projects. To read her interview please follow this link:http://jrphoto.wordpress.com/spotlight-interview-documentary-and-fine-art-photographer-terri-gold-2014

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Explorer Wade Davis on Vanishing Cultures

“There’s a tendency for those of us in the dominant Western culture to view traditional people—even when we’re sympathetic to their plight—as quaint and colorful, but reduced to the sidelines of history, while the real world, which of course is our world, continues moving forward. We see these societies as failed attempts at modernity, as if they’re destined to fade away by some natural law, as if they can’t cope with change. That’s simply not true. Change is the one constant in history. All societies in all times and in all places constantly adapt to new possibilities for life.”
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The Suri Tribe in the Omo Valley

The Suri Tribe in the Omo Valley

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