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A Passage to Congo: Photographs by Doctor Emile Muller 1923-1938 | 
 enlarge | Creators: Pierre Loos, Pierre Buch
Publisher: 5 Continents Editions
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 76005
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 9.7 x 0.7
ISBN: 8874393997
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9788874393992
ASIN: 8874393997
Publication Date: September 25, 2007
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A Passage to Congo is a collection of photographs taken by Doctor mile Muller (1891-1976) in the Congo provinces of the Kasa< and Katanga, territories of the Chokwe, Luba, Bashibushong and Basalampasu tribes. For these people, he was not the boss, but he who cured, who gave relief, who listened. He could move easily between the tribes without having to tackle the reticence that has denatured so many ethnic photographs. The privileged witnesses of esoteric ceremonies that are rarely photographed, his images are precious from an ethnographic and historical point of view, and reveal a fine aesthetic sense and profound humanity. Veritable living masks, as in the remarkable portraits of young Chokwe girls, astonishing initiation rites, scenes of divination, wild rhythmic dances responding to the beat of the large slotted drums, sculptural bodies decorated with tattoos and refined headgear recall the beauty and riches of these cultures, now lost in the modern world. Although some of Muller's negative
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Historic and Aesthetic September 14, 2008
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Dr. Emile Muller was a privileged witness of esoteric ceremonies that were rarely photographed. His images are valuable from an ethnographic and historical point of view, showing the long-forgotten rituals of the Chokwe, Luba, Bashbushong, and Basalampasu tribes of what was then (1923-1938) the Belgian Congo. This book reveals his fine aesthetic sense.
Dave Donelson, author of Heart of Diamonds: A Novel of Scandal, Love and Death in the Congo
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