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Africa Adorned', African Ceremonies, Passages, Lamu, African Ark, Dinka
Angela Fisher is an Australian photographer, author, and artist known for her photojournalism documenting the indigenous tribal cultures of Africa, most notably in partnership with the American photographer Carol Beckwith. Between them, Fisher and Beckwith have published many books, and have been featured in many magazines.
After graduating, she worked with Indigenous Australian communities. She moved to Kenya in the 1970s where, inspired but the Maasai people, she began to develop a special interest in African jewellery and body decoration.[1]
Career
Fisher began documenting the adornment practices of traditional Africa groups and the pan-African study she undertook saw her spend 14 years travelling 28,000 miles across the continent. This body of work became the internationally acclaimed book Africa Adorned, published by Abrams and Collins and was also the subject of a 34 page story in National Geographic Magazine.
As well as Africa, Fisher also travelled to Yemen, India (including Ladakh), Afghanistan, and Nepal, documenting the traditions of jewellery designs as well as collecting beads. Her archive of beads, gathered from her travels, was used to create her designed jewellery collections which have been extensively exhibited throughout Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, and Africa.[1]
Collaboration with Carol Beckwith
Fisher first heard about Carol Beckwith through Fisher's brother Simon in 1974, who piloted a hot air balloon ride that Beckwith was a passenger on in Maasai country. They met during Fisher's exhibition of traditional African jewelry in Nairobi, where they discovered they shared a passion for documenting traditional African cultures. Within one week, they were photographing a Maasai warrior ceremony together.[2][3]
During their decades of collaboration, they produced many books, including They published their pan-African study of the art of body painting for a book entitled Painted Bodies: African Body Painting, Tattoos and Scarification in 2012. They completed the pan-African study of ceremonies with African Twilight (2018).[4]
1984Africa Adorned USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy: Abrams/Collins
1990African Ark: People and Ancient Cultures of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa (co-authored with Carol Beckwith and Graham Hancock). USA, UK, France, Germany and Italy: Abrams.
1999African Ceremonies I (co-authored with Carol Beckwith). USA, UK, France, Germany and Italy: Abrams. United Nations "Award for Excellence" for 1999.
1999African Ceremonies II (co-authored with Carol Beckwith). USA, UK, France, Germany and Italy: Abrams. United Nations "Award for Excellence" for 1999.
2000Passages (co-authored with Carol Beckwith). USA and France: Abrams.
2002African Ceremonies Concise (co-authored with Carol Beckwith). USA and France: Abrams.
2002Surma (co-authored with Carol Beckwith). Santiago, Chile: Taller Experimental.
2002Karo (co-authored with Carol Beckwith). Santiago, Chile: Taller Experimental.
2002Maasai, Himba, Hamar (co-authored with Carol Beckwith). Santiago, Chile: Taller Experimental.
2008Dinka: 2008 (co-authored with Carol Beckwith). Chile: R.E.Producciones; California, USA: Timeless Art Productions. HP Indigo Award.
2009Lamu: Kenya's Enchanted Island (co-authored with Carol Beckwith, David Coulson and Nigel Pavitt). USA: Rizzoli. ForeWord Reviews' "Book of the Year" Award for 2009.
2010Dinka: Legendary Cattle Keepers of Sudan (co-authored with Carol Beckwith). USA: Rizzoli.
2012Painted Bodies: African Body Painting, Tattoos and Scarification. (co-authored with Carol Beckwith) USA: Rizzoli
2018African Twilight: The Vanishing Rituals and Ceremonies of the African Continent. (co-authored with Carol Beckwith) USA: Rizzoli
Comment: A lot of this was copied from Carol Beckwith. — Diannaa (talk) 20:47, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
