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 The Unknown Wild Beauty of Zambia
‘Spirit of the Land’ Exhibition at Gallery Gear
A selection from the successful ‘Spirit of the Land’
landscape photography exhibition will be shown at the Gallery Gear
gallery from Saturday 4 June (see Wot’s Happening for details). The
exhibition has been arranged in response to demand for further
showings and for limited edition prints of the work.
'Spirit of the Land' is a personal project by
Kitwe-based photographer Stephen Robinson, commenced in 2003. It
aims to document the landscape of Zambia, especially its unknown,
remote landscapes - but also its better-known scenes - in a
distinct style.
The project uses a wide angle, panoramic format,
which the photographer believes replicates more closely the way the
human eye explores and takes in a scene. The photographs are
presented just as they were viewed in-camera by the photographer's
eye – full frame, without cropping or enlargement.
By use of an unusual format in this way, the
photographer aims to give the viewer some idea of the ‘feel’ of a
landscape; of ‘being there’; and of the natural landscape’s emotive
power.
The results of the first year of work on this project
were premiered at a major solo exhibition in mid-2004 in Lusaka,
supported by the cultural arm of the French Government, and in
Livingstone. Over 1000 people visited the exhibition, which met
with an overwhelming response and considerable interest in limited
edition, archival prints of the photographs. Since then, examples
of the project work have been exhibited in collective exhibitions
and art galleries & auctions, with similar response and demand. The
project continues as new work is added from all parts of Zambia.
New work in the project will be exhibited in
Livingstone in July and in Lusaka in November – watch Lowdown for
details. The Gallery Gear exhibition will be open daily (except
Sundays) until 18 June.
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June 2005