Hans Silvester: Nature et parure

Hans Silvester: Nature et parure
Category: Photographer Monographs & Art Books
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Author: Hans Silvester, Eric Fottorino
Publisher: La Martinière
Publication Date: 2023
Print Length: 192 pages
Language: French
Price: paid paid paid

In the Omo Valley, the cradle of humanity, in southwest Ethiopia, the Suri people adorn their naked bodies almost daily with the finest materials that nature has to offer: necklaces made of branches and bark, crowns of flowers, fruits or seeds, plant-based paints... Serving as both a playground and an experimental ground, women and men themselves become unique artistic creations, in harmony with their land.

Hans Silvester invites us to discover, page by page, this tradition that imbues the environment with such a powerful sacred character. The aesthetic ingenuity of the Suri, enhancing their skin and appearances, provides a vibrant testimony of their culture, in the face of climate change threatening their lost paradise.

Hans Silvester's talent, accompanied by the words of Éric Fottorino, reveals the beauty of these magnified bodies and the intensity of the ancestral bond with nature, like a declaration to a world doomed to disappear.

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