honorable mention
Terri GoldPhoto © Terri Gold
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Hamar Family In The Omo Valley
“My earliest memories are of spinning a globe, always drawn to the last mysterious corners of the world. I am interested in the different ways in which people find meaning in their lives, how an individual explores his or her existence through their traditions. I am looking for the grace notes, for the sense of wonder in our world. I love the still quality of a photograph that captures a fleeting moment in time. We are still and still moving.
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entry description
Indigenous cultures are disappearing. In the Omo Valley, where mankind may have begun, they now face the endgame for their traditional way of life. I think of how many times in history this story has been played out by native populations trying to save their way of life. I want to create a visual document that reminds us, and generations to come, how beautiful and diverse the human world once was.about the photographer
Claiming the title of “visual anthropologist,” photographer Terri Gold is celebrated for her poetic infrared imagery of people from the remote corners of the world; places where the traditions of different millennia co-exist side by side. Her ongoing body of work, “Still Points in a Turning World,” explores our universal cross-cultural truths; the importance of family, community, ritual and the amazing diversity of its expression.“My earliest memories are of spinning a globe, always drawn to the last mysterious corners of the world. I am interested in the different ways in which people find meaning in their lives, how an individual explores his or her existence through their traditions. I am looking for the grace notes, for the sense of wonder in our world. I love the still quality of a photograph that captures a fleeting moment in time. We are still and still moving.
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