This powerful documentary black and white photography print reflects the rigorous artistic and ethnographical journey of photographers Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson. Printed later in 2005, this compelling composition portrays a line of traditional Mursi tribal men holding rifles at a roadside checkpoint, their skin adorned with symbolic cultural markings and body paint. Christo and Wilkinson masterfully utilize sharp silver gelatin contrasts to freeze a striking moment that deals with identity, globalization, and ancestral survival.
A signed, original print. Step into the mesmerizing realm of Mursi RoadBlock, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, 2001. Photography—a visually arresting piece. Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson have been working together as a husband and wife team since 1997 when they began investigating and documenting the relationship between the indigenous human and natural world on five continents.
Purchase this striking original documentary black and white photography print by Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson and secure a certified historical asset.
Documentary Black and White Photography - Mursi RoadBlock, 2001
Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson
Mursi RoadBlock, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, 2001
Printed later 2005
Dimensions:
Sheet size: 20 H x 24 W in.
Image size: 14.8 H x 22. W in.
Unframed
A signed, original print.
Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson have been working together as a husband and wife team since 1997 when they began investigating and documenting the relationship between the indigenous human and natural world on five continents. Their concerns about climate change, globalization, and the future of life on earth started in the late 1990s as they witnessed drought, fire, and floods around the world. Their first book of photography in black and white, Lost Africa: The Eyes of Origin, explores the ecological and man-made challenges facing tribes from Ethiopia to Namibia. Their second book, Walking Thunder: In the Footsteps of the African Elephant, is a testament to the African elephant. Now, traveling with their son Lysander, Cyril and Marie are working on a dedication to three endangered bioregions and their iconic keystone species—the Arctic, the African savannah, and the forests of India. This project is called In Predatory Light.
