The Africa Portfolios Collection in Nine Volumes: 1986 - 2012

 

The Field Mirror Photography of Elisabeth Sunday  

In my home studio, 2023

There is nothing else like it: No one in the world has ever done what I set out to do in 1983 with my first visual experiences with field mirror photography. This goes way beyond the visual experimentation the avant guard artists in Paris playing with "smoke and mirrors" in the early life of the photographic arts. 

I design my mirrors to work like a second lens to produce a very specific desired, preconceived visual effect, both with the subject and depth of field. My work in the field is fully sensorial and experiential. The environment, the people, the stories play on the visual plain to create photographs that blend together physical reality, myth, story, and the invisible forces that connect us.

The Africa Portfolios Collection in Nine Volumes: 1986 - 2012 will consist of 150, 16" x 20" split-toned archival pigment prints. The portfolios will come in a custom made cloth-bound clamshell box with an embossed title and interleaving. This body of work is in 9 volumes and two parts. Part One: 1986-1990 and Part Two: 2000-2012. The edition size is 5:  3/5 -5/5 are available. 

PART ONE: 1986-1990

Volume 1: Africa I: Senegal, Mali, Kenya, 1986-1987

Volume 2: Africa II: The Turkana, Kenya, 1988

Volume 3: Africa III: The Efe, the Ituri Rain Forest, Zaire, 1989

Volume 4: Africa IV: The !Kung San, the Kalahari Desert, 1990

PART TWO: 2000-2012

Volume 5: Africa V: The Dogon, Mali, 2000-2005

Volume 6: Africa VI: The Tuareg, The Sahara Desert, 2005-2009

Volume 8: Africa VII: The Akan Fishermen, The Gold Coast, Ghana, 2009-2011

Volume 9: Africa VIII: The Omo Valley Tribes, Ethiopia, 2011- 2012

For more information or to reserve a portfolio,  please contact IturiSun@gmail.com