National Geographic: African Ceremonies

PROGRAM

AFRICAN CEREMONIES: DOCUMENTING A VANISHING WORLD Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher THU / OCT 18 7:30 PM Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher, photographers Presenting National Sponsor: GEICO Hotel sponsor: Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows Media Sponsor: KCRW 89.9

OCT 2012

National Geographic Live student matinees are sponsored by Ingrid E. Hanzer.

Run Time: 70 minutes There will be no intermission.

Courtesy of Beckwith/Fisher

After the presentation, please join us for a Q & A session with the speakers, followed by a book signing in the lobby.

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ABOUT

“Through our books and lectures we tell people about Africa’s core values: respect for their elders, the benefit of growing up as part of a community, and the importance of living in harmony with nature and one’s own spirit world.”

-Angela Fisher and Carol Beckwith

(2012). Their defining body of work, the double volume African Ceremonies (1999), a pan-African study of rituals and rites of passage covering 93 ceremonies from 26 countries, won the United Nations Award for Excellence. Ms. Beckwith and Ms. Fisher have also been involved in the making of four films about traditional Africa, and their photographic exhibitions have received acclaim in museums and galleries throughout the world, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, National Geographic Museum, and National Museums of Kenya. The two photographers have lectured at such venues as the Explorers Club in New York, the National Geographic Society in Washington DC, and the Royal Geographic Society in London.

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Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher, photographers, met in Kenya thirty years ago and began a relationship with the African continent that would profoundly shape their lives. The American-born Carol Beckwith and Australian Angela Fisher have journeyed over 270,000 miles, through remote corners of 40 countries and to more than 150 African cultures. During this time the two photographers have produced 14 universally acclaimed books, including African Ark (1990), Faces of Africa (2004), and most recently Dinka (2010) and Painted Bodies of Africa

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