By Karen J. Boothby - Jackson Sun - Jackson,TN,USA
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
"Sudan: the Land and the People," an exhibition of 70 photographs presented by the non-profit Meridian International Center (based in Washington, D.C.), may be viewed from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays through Dec. 22 in the upstairs gallery of the West Tennessee Regional Arts Center, Humboldt, TN.
Meridian International provides an education guide targeted toward high school and university students. Instructors are encouraged to schedule tours to take advantage of the cultural, geographic and historical lessons available in this exhibit.
The pictures are from a book released in 2005 after a two-year collaboration of award-winning photographer Michael Freeman; Timothy Carney, the last U.S. ambassador to Sudan; and Carney's wife, journalist Victoria Butler. Former U.S. President and worldwide humanitarian Jimmy Carter wrote the foreword.
Sudan, which is Africa's largest country, is home to the Nile Valley. Its borders include Egypt, Libya, Kenya, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, so cultural and religious influences are vast, from tribal, Muslim, Christian and the mystic tradition of Sufism. On the book's cover and in the exhibit is a dervish whirling in prayer.
Mounds of cotton, grinding of sorghum, a cane cutter slicing stalks and a camel caravan are among photos, as are women at a refugee camp, blue tarp shelters for the displaced, and hospital settings.
West Tennessee Regional Arts Center
1200 E Main St, Humboldt, TN 38343
U.S.A.
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