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The Last Men, fully adorned New Guinea tribe

This photo from The Last Men, by Iago Corazza: "Indigenous New Guineans are presented in their full body paint, with extremely striking colors and patterns representing their tribal identity.…fully adorned, fully committed, fully made-up for special occasions, pedal-to-the-metal New Guinea, and the effect is viusually stunning. This is quintessential MAN AS ART …"
–Amazon review by James I. Cole

I discovered this book about a year ago and put it on my calendar for this month, and sure enough, the price dropped. I found a copy on AbeBooks for $15. Also ordered a copy of Man As Art for $6 used from Abe, which is consistently cheaper than Amazon.
Posted at Monday, January 10, 2011 10:25 AM
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1 comment:

kimbo said...

if the photo included the lower body - i suspect there would be in all its grandiose splendour...the 'penal gourd'.

decorated?....yes.
but most telling.......several sizes too big ! with penal gourds, size is status.

so i reason that 'man as art', does not quite get past 'man as man'

cheers

January 11, 2011 at 9:42 PM

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