PHOTOGRAPHY:: Pictures from Paradise: The "Truer" Caribbean?

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Not Your Average Paradisal Photography - Six Jamaicans Represented In New Caribbean Photography Book

The focus of Pictures from Paradise is to capture and depict images that are not easily seen or often ignored from a social, physical, political and landscape perspective within the English-speaking Caribbean.

Essayist for the publication and one of the featured photographers, O'Neil Lawrence, further posited that contemporary photographers "are responding in new ways to the representational history and realities of the Caribbean". So don't expect the less complex and picturesque depiction of landscapes, sandy beaches or jovial natives.

Based on the various imageries, the editors have grouped the works and, essentially, the book, into three categories: The Tableau Vivant, The Documentary, and The Portrait.


Gleaner LINK:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120506/arts/arts4.html

Video: Book Signing-Gallery Launch for the Pictures From Paradise: A Survey of Contemporary Caribbean Photography
http://vimeo.com/41128769