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I traveled to French Polynesia on assignment for Nikon and AFAR Magazine, looking to capture the essential islander experience. This is what I brought back from my travels.
Special thanks to Top Dive for outfitting my incredible oceanic excursions.
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia. The island is located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the central Southern Pacific Ocean, and is divided into two parts: the bigger, northwestern part, Tahiti Nui, and the smaller, southeastern part, Tahiti Iti. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous with surrounding coral reefs. The population is 189,517 inhabitants (2017 census), making it the most populous island of French Polynesia and accounting for 68.7% of its total population.
Flash Parker Freelance:
I'm not up on all the exact theory and attitudes behind what's wrong with this exhibition space, but I can certainly see in a general fashion how it's more ethnography than art & culture. That is to say, it feels quite different from how one would exhibit/display European or East Asian culture.
Of course, while I certainly believe in the importance of good gallery design, exhibit design, etc, to some extent, you've got to admit, the objects play a big role too... If you have objects that look like the stereotypical definition of primitive, uncivilized, and you want to try to display them in a more politically correct manner, you've got quite a job ahead of you.
Keeping in mind, of course, that definitions of political correctness, attitudes about what's the proper or good way to represent these cultures, etc are all constantly changing. Clean it up now and in 5, 10, 15, or 20 years you'll still be getting yelled at for having outdated, 2010 display methodologies at work.
The Collapse of Possibility - one of 21 pen and ink studies for jaiselmir stone bas-relief. For untitled Penzance 2007 Summer Exhibition exploring Polynesian mythology.
HUAHINE - FRENCH POLYNESIA
Huahine is an island located among the Society Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Leeward Islands group (Îles sous le Vent). The island has a population of about 6,000.
The Fa'ahia archaeological site in the north of the island has revealed subfossil remains of several species of extinct birds exterminated by the earliest Polynesian colonists of the island.
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