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AFRICAN TWILIGHT at the Royal Geographic Society, London
Continuing on their AFRICAN TWILIGHT book release tour, Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher presented an inspiring lecture at the Royal Geographic Society to a full house of 700 people, receiving a standing ovation. Next stop THK Photography in Cape Town, … Continue reading
AFRICAN TWILIGHT Book Launch
Angela Fisher and Carol Beckwith have officially launched their AFRICAN TWILIGHT: Vanishing Rituals & Ceremonies book tour, with a successful lecture and book-signing event at the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California on Saturday 27th October. It was a great success, … Continue reading
AFRICAN TWILIGHT Book Launch Events
AFRICAN TWILIGHT: Vanishing Rituals & Ceremonies Book Release Events* Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher will be in attendance * Events listed are Public, in some cases tickets may be required – contact the venues for details and confirmation U.S.A. … Continue reading
“The Compassionate Eye: Women Behind the Lens” Palm Beach exhibition
The Compassionate Eye: Women Behind the Lens 11/28/2015 – 12/9/2015 Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher are included in a group exhibition at Holden Luntz Gallery in Palm Beach, FL, along with nine other female photographer luminaries, including Margaret Bourke-White, Ruth … Continue reading
“African Twilight” work-in-progress
Drawing upon the last fourteen years of their extensive African fieldwork, and driven by the awareness that traditional cultures are changing fast, Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher are working to complete the final two volumes of their ongoing record of … Continue reading
Spirit Masks of Burkina Faso #1
Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher continued their African fieldwork attending the 2015 Festival of Masks in Burkina Faso, gathering material for new volumes to expand their magnum opus African Ceremonies (2 volumes, Published: Harry N. Abrams, 1999). “The Festival of … Continue reading
Maasai Olympics 2014: African Warrior Culture in Transition
Angela Fisher and Carol Beckwith are completing their sixteenth book on African Ceremonies. African Twilight will not only feature some of the last great traditional ceremonies in Africa, but will also capture ancient cultures in transition For Carol and Angela, … Continue reading
Modern Cuba and the diaspora of an ancient African religion
Continuing their lifework of documenting traditional African culture, Carol and Angela traveled to Cuba in 2014 for a fieldwork study of modern Voodoo, a diaspora of a Yoruban religion originally brought from West Africa during the slave trade. “We went … Continue reading
New Beckwith & Fisher online Dinka exhibtion
Announcing Carol Beckwith’s & Angela Fisher’s exhibition Dinka: Legendary Cattle Keepers of Sudan online @ Google’s Cultural Institute A timely new online exhibition, curated from Beckwith’s & Fisher’s renowned book (“Dinka: Legendary Cattle Keepers of Sudan” published 2010 by Rizzoli) … Continue reading
Affirmation for Beckwith & Fisher photography of the Dinka people
Recently there has been a great deal of discussion about photography of African cultures in general and the work of Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher in particular, especially their photography of the Dinka people of South Sudan. Here are some … Continue reading