Thursday, October 18, 2012

Histories in Africa: Twenty Years of Photography by Elizabeth Gilbert

Currently on view at The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida is Histories in Africa: 20 Years of Photography by Elizabeth Gilbert, an exhibition showcasing more than fifty black and white photographs documenting Gilbert’s twenty-year journey across the African continent. During this remarkable expedition, Gilbert's aim was to capture a land in flux, one in which traditional cultures and customs were rapidly disappearing. Her hope was to “distill the subjects in a timeless record, and preserve the memory of a lost era long after globalization has eroded it forever.”        

View the exhibition's official website.
      





Information and images courtesy of the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens

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