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dis-guise: Photo courtesy of Simon Ottenberg and The National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C. Logholo masquerader in its variant form known as Okwo in the Njenji parade of the Igbo people circa Ukpa village, Afikpo area, Nigeria, 1959-1960.
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dis-guise: Photo courtesy of Eliot, Elisofon and The National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C. Minganji masqueraders from the Pende peoples circa near Gungu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1970.
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dis-guise: Untitled, 2012 pencil on paper, Fumie Sasabuchi.
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dis-guise: Burkina Faso Masqueraders. Photo source unknown.
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dis-guise: Natural Fashion Series| Hans Silvester (b. Lorrach, Germany 1938) is a photographer dedicated to investigating the world, capturing and promoting the most intimate, and perhaps enigmatic, of organic phenomena. He is represented by the Marlborough Gallery. Images © Hans Silvester. Courtesy of the Marlborough Gallery.
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dis-guise: Nigerian Bird Hunter circa 1938. Source Unknown.
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dis-guise: Alexander McQueen, ‘Mowhawk V2’. Photographs by Graeme Montgomery. Image courtesy of T Magazine.
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dis-guise: Natural Fashion Series| Hans Silvester (b. Lorrach, Germany 1938) is a photographer dedicated to investigating the world, capturing and promoting the most intimate, and perhaps enigmatic, of organic phenomena. He is represented by theMarlborough Gallery. Images © Hans Silvester. Courtesy of the Marlborough Gallery
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Diptych Part I | Masquerade Pantomimicry a collaborative series together with k.l.v. that visually pairs West African masqueraders with images from the worlds of art, fashion and mother nature. (L) Photo courtesy of Eliot, Elisofon and The National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C. Igbo mask dancers performing during the Onwa Asaa festival, Ugwuoba village, Nigeria, 1959. (R) Pieter Hugo, Nollywood Series, Chigozie Nechi. Enugu, Nigeria, 2009. Courtesy of the artist and Steveson Gallery.
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Diptych Part I | Masquerade Pantomimicry a collaborative series together with k.l.v. that visually pairs West African masqueraders with images from the worlds of art, fashion and mother nature. (L) Photo courtesy of Eliot, Elisofon and The National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C. Masked performers wearing Chi wara headdresses known as N’Gonzon Koun (antelope) circa Bamako, Mali, 1970. (R) Serge Lutens. Image from the book, L’Esprit Serge Lutens: The Spirit of Beauty.
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Diptych Part I | Masquerade Pantomimicry a collaborative series together with k.l.v. that visually pairs West African masqueraders with images from the worlds of art, fashion and mother nature. (L) Photo courtesy of Simon Ottenberg and The National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C. Logholo masquerader in its variant form known as Okwo in the Njenji parade of the Igbo people circa Ukpa village, Afikpo area, Nigeria, 1959-1960. (R) Athi-Patra Ruga, The Death of Beiruth 1, 2009. Courtesy of the artist and Whatiftheworld Gallery.
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Marc Riboud, Niger, 1963. A young woodabe woman.
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Marc Riboud, Niger, 1963. A young woodabe woman.
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Marc Riboud, Niger, 1963.
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