ETHIOPIA Book - Photographer Joey Lawrence's Tribute to East Africa’s Diverse Cultures & Traditions

Описание: Introducing ETHIOPIA - A Photographic Tribute to East Africa’s Diverse Cultures and Traditions. This is 13 years of my life as a photographer is coming to the world as a fine art book.

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What was it about Ethiopia that kept calling me back?

My life will forever be intertwined with Ethiopia. In my teenage days, this country is where I first found my vision as a photographer. Later, Ethiopia would be where I found my home and my soul mate. This is the embodiment of everything that fueled me as an artist.

Ethiopia is the birthplace of humanity. It is one of the oldest living nations in the world. It will also be around long after we are gone. It is a place that can make a decade of time suddenly disappear, and leave a collection of photographs like this behind.

This collection is an ode to every distinct region of the country. These seemingly disconnected cultural threads are woven together in a cohesive visual style in order to truly see Ethiopia— which itself is the sum of all the diverse lands and the proud people who inhabit it.

These photographs are not meant to obscure searing realities. There is traumatic conflict spread across Ethiopia. This collection is about the timeless and pure things that have withstood the politics of the day, and to challenge the way the outside world can perceive this country.

The physical book is now available for pre-order on Amazon. It will begin shipping in Summer 2022 if everything stays on track. The special edition is in the works, and you can sign up for more information as it comes on my site.

The first edition of my last book sold out too fast and is now hard to find, so this early pre-order is a way for us to make sure everyone who wants one can get one. This will also help us calculate volume due to rising prices of paper and logistics from the pandemic.

VICE filmed a 45 min doc called HUNTERS that followed my team and I to the shores of Lake Turkana to photograph the remaining subsistence crocodile hunters of the Dassanach, whose nomadic existence and cultural history is kept alive by following the legends of their ancestors. It is now on Youtube here:

   • The Crocodile Hunters of Ethiopia | HUNTERS  

I would die for this project. This is my heart and soul. This is my tribute to the enduring Ethiopia.