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Angela Fisher | |
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![]() Angela Fisher (left) and Carol Beckwith (right), Hatchards, London, November 2018 | |
Born | Adelaide, Australia |
Alma mater | University of Adelaide |
Occupation | Photographer |
Notable work | 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.
Angela Fisher was born in Adelaide, South Australia, where she studied social sciences at the University of Adelaide.[1]
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]
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]
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]
They have exhibited and lectured at galleries and museums worldwide, including The American Museum of Natural History and The Explorers Club in New York City, The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, and the Royal Geographical Society in London.[1] They have also collaborated on four films about African traditions. Together they have received numerous accolades, including the United Nations Award for Excellence, the Royal Geographical Society's Cherry Kearton Medal, two Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, The Explorers Club's Lowell Thomas Award, and the WINGS WorldQuest Lifetime Achievement Award.[5]
Awards and honours received by Fisher include:[6] [7]
Fisher has published many books, including:[9]
Films featuring (??) Fisher include:[10]