Jan C. Schlegel German, b. 1965
Guba with Crocodile, Kara Tribe, Ethiopia, 2009
Series: Essence
Handmade Silver Gelatin Print, partly toned
Tirage gélatino-argentique
Tirage gélatino-argentique
60 x 50 cm
23 5/8 x 19 3/4 in
23 5/8 x 19 3/4 in
Edition of 10 plus 1 artist's proof
77 x 64 cm
30 1/4 x 25 1/4 in
30 1/4 x 25 1/4 in
Edition of 6
125 x 104 cm
49 1/4 x 41 in
49 1/4 x 41 in
Edition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof
Further images
For 'Essence', Schlegel aimed to convey the beauty, dignity, pride, and hope of a people who both live and cherish native traditions and cultures.These include tribes from Kenya (Turkana and...
For "Essence", Schlegel aimed to convey the beauty, dignity, pride, and hope of a people who both live and cherish native traditions and cultures.These include tribes from Kenya (Turkana and Rendille, Pokotand Massai), Ethopia (Mursi, Suri, Ebore, Hamar, Kara), Namibia (Himba), as well as Egypt and Lybia (Beduine), Algeria (Taureg), Afghanistan (Hazar and Nuristani), and Pakistan (Kalash and Pashtun). Using a handmade wooden camera, Schlegel captures details, textures, scars, imperfections; and via an abiding intimacy and intensity, the intrinsic humanity that he seeks.