Product Description

Priestesses, zombies, snakes, and swamps ...voodoo, or vodou, is the dramatically symbolic spiritual tradition of many Afro-Caribbean people. It has beguiled and terrified outsiders for centuries, and its rich practices have often been campishly exoticized as the stuff of B movies. In VODOU, photographer Phyllis Galembo shows us the human and divine faces and voices of real Haitian vodou as it is practiced today. Re-released with a striking new cover to coincide with Galembo’s photographic exhibition at New York’s Albany Institute of History and Art, VODOU is based on Galembo’s research and interviews with scores of practitioners and adherents, as well as participation in and witness of numerous vodou rituals. The companion piece to her national gallery tour, this is a beautiful, personal, and intimate document of a fascinating and deeply misunderstood religion.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #713376 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03-01
• Released on: 2005-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Review
Read reviews of Phyllis Galembo's exhibit at Sepia International in New York City (2005) at www.sepia.org

From the Publisher
*Captions and essays from experts in the field accompany more than 80 brilliant color photo graphs documenting the vodou religious practice.

About the Author
PHYLLIS GALEMBO is a photographer and professor of art at the University at Albany, State University of New York.She has had one-person exhibitions at the International Center of Photography and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. Galembo is also the author of Divine Inspiration from Benin to Bahia and Dressed for Thrills: 100 Years of Halloween and Masquerade Costumes.

Customer Reviews

Exquisite and Enchanting
Beautiful images and masterful writing combine to give the reader a glimpse of the economically devastated but spiritually rich lives of the people in Haiti.

Pictures of Manbos, Oungans, and Bokos make the book come alive and speak to us of the beauty and wonder of the misunderstood religion of Vodou.

Brilliant
Phyllis Galembo's photographic skills are legend among those whose interest extends to African and Afro-Caribbean religions. In this area she never fails to impress and satisfy. I am happy to have this book.

In addition to her brilliant photographs, Galembo offers detailed, profound and soulful explanations of Vodou belief. She is one of only a very few authors to have done so. This book will serve to inform and enlighten both the curious and the expert. Bravo!