Friday, January 18, 2013

No Strangers: Ancient Wisdom, Modern World

AnnenbergFoundation.org; Seven, Amber Dorrian, Wisdom Quarterly
Shaolin monks training upside down in cold (© Steve McCurry/AnnenbergFoundation.org)
 
Tibet (© Hamid Sardar-Afkhami/KCRW.org)
The Annenberg Space for Photography presents No Strangers: Ancient Wisdom in a Modern World -- a group show about the wonder of culture and the plight of indigenous people throughout the world.
 
The exhibit is guest curated by esteemed anthropologist, author, and photographer Wade Davis. No Strangers explores the ways cultures express a shared humanity and navigate the circle of life. It poses a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive?
 
(Annenberg Space)
 
Unique/Annenberg Space for Photography)
When the people of the world answer this question, they do so in 7,000 unique voices. Tragically, half of these may be silenced within a generation or two. At risk is our human legacy, a vast archive of knowledge and expertise. More

Seated L-R: Randy Olson, Melissa Farlow, Caroline Bennett, Chris Rainier, Angela Fisher, Chris Johns (WATER), Carol Beckwith, Aaron Huey, Susan Anderson (Beauty CULTure), Gerd Ludwig (POYi), Barbara Davidson (POYi The Year), Genaro Molina, Laurence Ho (L8s Ang3les).

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