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Post by $ FEROCITY D $ on Jan 31, 2006 10:26:17 GMT -5
this book is facetiously titled 'africa' as it show cases only sudanid and nilotid tribals - still a highly recommendable book as its almost completely photography on these tribal groups. Spectacular photos of the people, you can purchase it via amazon at an affordable rate, and its a very heavy volume, well worth it. the people are primarily sudanid but also including nilotid types plus other minor variants. this is the front cover of the book - www.taschen.com/media/image_popup.php?id=87044&size=original |
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Post by Agrippa on Jan 31, 2006 10:34:48 GMT -5
There was a documentary too. The funny thing is that especially German critics said about her work on Africans that it was "Fascist" because she mainly showed healthy and rather aesthetic people...she answered herself, "they were like that, the old and sick were in the barracks" *lol*
Well, sure she wanted to show the beautiful of the people there and interesting aspects, not a medical handbook, some PC people just can't let people get away which they hate for not thinking EXACTLY like they do in their narrow mind.
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Post by Ilmatar on Feb 1, 2006 9:17:33 GMT -5
The name is actually spelled Riefenstahl. She visited Finland in the mid 1990's, when she was well over 90 years old. An art gallery hosted a retrospective of her photographic work. A friend of mine participated to the press congress and actually got to ask her what was the most beautiful thing she had seen. Her answer (in German) was "Die Nuba".
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Post by $ FEROCITY D $ on Feb 1, 2006 14:00:58 GMT -5
The name is actually spelled Riefenstahl. She visited Finland in the mid 1990's, when she was well over 90 years old. An art gallery hosted a retrospective of her photographic work. A friend of mine participated to the press congress and actually got to ask her what was the most beautiful thing she had seen. Her answer (in German) was "Die Nuba". i'm certain that upon first encountering a people such as the nuba first timers might be conjured up with all sorts of emotions or reactions. they are distinct enough and in places like the US (the dinka and nuer refugees) stick out even in predominantly african american districts. |
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Post by $ FEROCITY D $ on Feb 1, 2006 14:06:21 GMT -5
i've been searching for a photo journal on australian aboriginals similar in scale to Reni's work and can't find any from www.amazon.com/, any recommendations? |
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Post by wendland on Feb 2, 2006 2:03:54 GMT -5
She was an aesthete, she loved beauty. She virtually went scuba diving in high heels, how cool is that?
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Post by murphee on Feb 4, 2006 1:39:41 GMT -5
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Post by murphee on Feb 4, 2006 1:48:39 GMT -5
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Post by Planet Asia on Feb 4, 2006 5:34:15 GMT -5
The book is only good for photos and nothing else.
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Post by Agrippa on Feb 4, 2006 8:52:09 GMT -5
She was an artist and nothing else so thats correct.
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Post by oubit on Feb 4, 2006 10:49:51 GMT -5
people were probably embarrassed because of the nudity.
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Post by Agrippa on Feb 4, 2006 11:35:29 GMT -5
people were probably embarrassed because of the nudity. Not in Europe that much, thats rather a problem of prudish USA and there were MUCH more aggressive aristists with perverted presentations, not even comparable! It was all about her activities in the 3rd Reich and that she preferred beauty and style before ugliness and deviation. |
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Post by oubit on Feb 4, 2006 14:24:28 GMT -5
I meant the combination of a white women with clothes in contrast with nude people from this region - it made them look "uncivilized".
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Post by $ FEROCITY D $ on Feb 10, 2006 17:23:52 GMT -5
Don McCullin's book has several examples of coarse negroid variants, more unfamiliar ones than these nilotes. i've met plenty of dinka young men, their features are certainly coarse.
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