John White, Secota Manner of Fishing: from A Short and True Description of New England, Village of Pomiooc, ca. 1585.
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“Robert Crumb, Mr. Natural #2 [Uneeda Comix], 1970.
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Robert Crumb, Mr. Natural #2 [Uneeda Comix], 1970.
Before They Pass Away by Jimmy Nelson: Vanuatu
“A girl is like a branch of nettle tree – whatever ground you plant it in, it will grow”
Settlement in the 85 Vanuatu islands dates back to around 500 BC. There is evidence that Melanesian navigators from Papua New Guinea were the first to colonise Vanuatu. Over centuries, other migrations followed. Nowadays, all the inhabited islands have their own languages, customs and traditions. Many Vanuatu believe that wealth can be obtained through ceremonies. Dance is an important part of their culture; many villages have dancing grounds called Nasara. A significant traditional event is the Toka festival on Tanna Island, a symbol of alliance and friendship between different tribes.
nat-sg submitted to medievalpoc:
I need to apologize in advance because basic stuff like linking things didn’t work for some reason, so I just pasted the URLs. I also don’t know if the picture even shows up for you, because it doesn’t for me.
This is one of the pictures I found on the website of the Southern German church “Wallfahrtskirche Maria Hilf”. I’m sad to say that there is not a lot of info and what little there is is in German, but from what I can gather from their About-page (http://www.pfarrgemeinde-klosterlechfeld.de/index.php/wallfahrtskirche-maria-hilf.html), the church was built starting the 7th of April 1603 in the name of one Regina von Imhof.
There’s more information in this tiny blurb I found on Wikipedia (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Klosterlechfeld_Kanzel_Putten_Erdteile.jpg), stating that these four characters are supposed to be personifications of America, Europe, Africa and Asia, presumedly in that order.
This is where I found the picture: http://www.pfarrgemeinde-klosterlechfeld.de/index.php/bildergalerie.html#
The Wonderful and Unique Work of Jon Jacobsen
From my perspective, daily life lies between the real world and fantasy. This duality crystalizes so naturally that it looks imperceptible for us: we live in the present without being conscious of it until something happens and breaks this state. This triggers emotions that confirm the coexistence between reality and fantasy in the everyday world.
My creative process starts with the observation of an event that shatters this duality, thus giving me the conceptual base for what in the future will be an image. From this framework, I start creating symbolic relations which are necessary to build a visual metaphor which will bring a first sketch. Nevertheless, my creative process does not respond to any linear sequence, but rather to a come and go between the creator and the artwork.
The photographic language does not capture the reality I want to show in my work. To fill this gap, I mix digital techniques that expand the semiotics of the image, to the point of merging fantasy with reality. This combination of techniques makes my work more diverse and this allows, in a certain way, to reinvent each new project.
Finally, the guidelines that lead my work consist of portraits and self-portraits because, on the one hand, I’m interested to express in an image the vulnerability of human beings facing their surroundings and themselves; and on the other hand, through self-portraiture I represent the inexorable passing of time and how each character inside my image blurs out the limits of their bodies as to, in a horizontal relation, be part of the whole.
The Incomparable MadebyABVH in memory of
1.Original illustration by HR GIGER
2.Animated HR Giger - R.I.P.
Original illustration by HR Giger for unmade Alejandro Jodorowsky DUNE
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