When it comes to my work I often find myself going down the cultural route whether it’s looking at Asian textiles or fashion within Europe I am always interested in learning more about how different cultures express themselves creatively. I am fortunate enough to have travelled to a lot of places across the world so this has possibly fed into my fascination. Last year I came across a photographer/fine artist called Phyllis Galembo who resides in New York. She has spent her life photographing in different countries and her main focus has been with carnival and cultural rituals celebrated in various places. Galembo has explored how different countries treat the idea of celebration and festival by visiting the likes of Trinidad, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Brazil, Cuba and Haiti during her research. The collection of photographs that caught my eye are her works from ‘Maske’; a collection of images portraying masquerade subjects from Nigeria. The images, due to the attire of the subjects, are hard hitting, bold and create huge initial impact raising questions about tradition within countries and the survival of evolution with these traditions within the 21st century. I want to look at the power of costume, its relation to ritual and how this has evolved over the years by interconnecting fashion to performance.
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