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Taken during a 2 week adventure holiday to Namibia with Exodus Travels, October/November 2006. Image taken with a borrowed Minolta Dynax 5D camera, the first DSLR that I ever used. Originally shot in jpeg format, then recently reprocessed using DxO PhotoLab 4 to try and get the best out of them, as I hadn't really appreciated the possibilities of what I'd taken at the time.
FINGERKLIPPE (Wiki): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerklippe
VINGERKLIPP-LODGE: www.vingerklip.com.na/
FORUM: www.namibia-forum.ch/
NAMIBIA (Wiki): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia
KOLMANSKOP bei Lüderitz, Namibia
KOLMANSKOP (Wiki) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmanskop
FORUM: www.namibia-forum.ch/
NAMIBIA (Wiki): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia
KOLMANSKOP bei Lüderitz, Namibia
KOLMANSKOP (Wiki) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmanskop
FORUM: www.namibia-forum.ch/
NAMIBIA (Wiki): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia
HOODIA LODGE
HOODIA LODGE: www.hoodiadesertlodge.com/
FORUM: www.namibia-forum.ch/
NAMIBIA (Wiki): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia
More or less by chance I purchased a large number (>1000) of negatives taken in Southwest Africa (Namibia) in 1931. They show the daily life on a german farm, expeditions into the desert and hunting.
But then there were also disturbing photographs. Mugshots of Africans and people who have a clay-like substance smeared on their faces.
It turned out that the photographer was H. Lichtenecker, a German artist and self-proclaimed anthropologist, who went to Namibia to work on an "Archive of Vanishing ‚Races‘".
The Africans were persuaded or more likely forced to have casts taken of their faces, hands, and feet in a humiliating process. Afterwards, their voices were recorded on wax cylinders.
Together with other ethnological studies, the results of the investigations formed an important part of the National Socialist racial ideology.
I've been thinking for a long time whether I should put these photographs online. Would it be considered as a renewed abuse of the indigenous people?
But then, leaving the photographs in the archives, unseen, unremembered?
I came to the conclusion that they should be seen, because many of them show the incredible dignity of the africans despite their humiliation.
If you "fave" one of the questionable „anthropological“ photographs, I understand that as a tribute to the indigenous people who have been misused for racist research.
Unfortunately, many of the negatives are not in a good shape. Scratches and sometimes mold have left their mark during almost 90 years. I have tried to eliminate many of the scratches and have adjusted the contrast.
Without any digital camera.
Sans appareil photo numérique.
Ohne Digitalkamera.
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