Tribes - Hardcover

Wolfe, Art; Skillman, Deirdre

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517703688 ISBN 13: 9780517703687

Publisher: Clarkson Potter, 1997

Synopsis

Organized by country, fifteen portfolios of 120 full-color photographs, accompanied by insightful observations and commentary, capture the rich cultures of thirty-five of the world's indigenous peoples, offering a series of intimate portraits, images of traditional ceremonies, and studies of customs. 12,500 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Art Wolfe is one of the most celebrated nature photographers living in the United States today. His acclaimed photography is featured frequently in periodicals such as Life, National Geographic, Outdoor Photographer, and Smithsonian. Among his many books are the award-winning Light on the Land and Migrations, as well as The Art of Photographing Nature, Wild Cats of the World, and In the Presence of Wolves.

Deirdre Skillman received a B.A. in Russian studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz. She is currently the senior photo editor at Art Wolfe's studio in Seattle, Washington.

David Maybury-Lewis is professor of anthropology at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1960. In 1972, he and his wife, Pia, founded Cultural Survival, an organization that defends the human rights of indigenous peoples worldwide.

Born in Somalia, Iman is a supermodel and the founder of her own eponymously named cosmetics company, which features products designed exclusively for women of color.

From the Inside Flap:

tinent except Antarctica, there are extraordinary indigenous peoples who adorn themselves with the wondrous ornamentation that nature avoids: multicolored clays and dyes,brilliant feathers, and other exotic elements.

But as civilization expands, it encroaches on their unique ways of life: their customs have begun to change as they are assimilated into dominant societies. To celebrate these traditions, world-renowned nature photographer Art Wolfe has traveled around the world to observe and document the people and places in Tribes, a remarkable collection of more than 120 photographs.

Using his skills as a photographer of the natural world, Wolfe turns his lens on thirty-five diverse groups--among them, the Bumi of Ethiopia, who scar their torsos with raised geometric designs; the Maasai warriors of Kenya, with their towering ostrich plume headdresses and vivid ochre dyes; the Lisu women of northern Thailand, whose indigo turbans are laden with colorful tassels an

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarkson Potter
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0517703688
• ISBN 13: 9780517703687
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160