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May 23, 2012 | Categories: Latest news, Uncategorized | Tags: Africa, African, Alice Mutasa, Amazigh Kateb, Burkina Faso, celebrate, celebration, Cuba, dance, desert, Essaouira, Festival, Festival au Desert, festival gnaoua, festivals, Gnaoua, koudede, Mali, Morocco, rebellion, ritual, Sahara, Timbuktu, Tombouctou, Touareg, tradition, traditional, trance, Travel, tuareg, village | Comments Off
Images from Africa, Cuba, Spain, Venice. Please see the ‘Articles’ section for more on Cuba & the ‘Festival au Desert’ in Mali, and http://www.pbase.com/placesandseasons/zimbabwe for archived images of Zimbabwe
May 16, 2012 | Categories: Galleries, Travel, Uncategorized | Tags: Africa, Africain, Africaine, African, Afrika, Alcazar, Alhambra, Alice Mutasa, Arabic, Barcelona, beach, boat, Burkina Faso, camel, camels, canal, canals, celebration, coast, Cordoba, Cuba, Cuban, Djenné, Essaouira, Festival au Desert, festival gnaoua, festivals, flamenco, Fleuve, Granada, Havana, Islam, Islamic, Italy, Mali, Marrakech, Mezquita, moorish, Morocco, mosque, Music, Niger, nomad, nomadic, Pays Dogon, pinasse, port, rebellion, river, Sahara, Santiago, sea, Ségou, Senegal, Seville, Spain, tamasheq, Timbuktu, Tombouctou, Tombouctu, Touareg, tradition, traditional, trance, Travel, Trinidad, tuareg, Venice, water | Comments Off
Three of my images from the ‘Festival au Desert’ in Mali are on show at the Museum of World Culture in Göteburg, Sweden, in an exhibition entitled ‘Destination X’. The exhibition explores the various things that motivate people to travel and migrate, and what it is that we look for and hope to find when [...]
Feb 28, 2012 | Categories: Latest news, Uncategorized | Tags: Africa, African, Alice Mutasa, celebration, desert, Festival au Desert, festival gnaoua, Gothenburg, Mali, movement, Museum, Music, musician, nomad, nomadic, Sahara, Sweden, Timbuktu, Touareg, Travel, tuareg, voyage | Comments Off
Photos: http://www.placesandseasons.com/2010/05/music-2/‘Festival Lafi Bala’ – Chambéry, France The Festival Lafi Bala this year celebrated 20 years of mutual cooperation between the towns of Chambéry – in the Rhône-Alpes region of France – and Ouahigouya in Burkina Faso, West Africa. For 3 days the Jardin du Verney in the centre of Chambéry was transformed into a [...]
Jul 05, 2011 | Categories: Latest news | Tags: Africa, African, Burkina Faso, celebration, Chambéry, children, collaboration, cooperation, dance, Festival, festivals, Firenze, Florence, France, Grenoble, Music, musician, nomad, spectacle, Travel, workshop | Comments Off
My latest photos from the ‘Festival au Désert’ in Mali are now online in the Travel gallery – http://www.placesandseasons.com/2010/05/travel-photograpy/ I was commissioned this year as the festival’s ‘Official Photographer’, and had full access to the stage during the concerts; I was therefore able to capture completely exclusive images of the concerts and artists which will [...]
Mar 22, 2011 | Categories: Latest news, Uncategorized | Tags: African, Alice Mutasa, celebration, dance, desert, Festival, Festival au Desert, koudede, Mali, Mali Africa desert; Festival au Desert; Sahara; music; musician; stage; performance; audience; event; celebration; atmosphere; night; Touareg; sand; heat; African; Festival au Desert; nomads; wanderin, Niger, nomad, nomadic, People, rebellion, Sahara, Timbuktu, Touareg, tradition, traditional, Travel, tuareg | Comments Off
Festival Gnaoua in Morocco and music/dance photography from London and elsewhere. Please see the ‘Articles’ section for my reviews of the 2010 & 2008 Gnaoua festivals, & the ‘Travel’ gallery for pictures from the ‘Festival au Desert’ in Timbuktu.
Mar 16, 2011 | Categories: Galleries, Music, Uncategorized | Tags: Africa, African, Alice Mutasa, Amazigh Kateb, Antonio Forcione, appreciation, Bassekou Kouyaté, celebration, crowd, Daby Touré, dance, enjoyment, Essaouira, Festival, festival gnaoua, festivals, Gnaoua, Gnawa, Gnawi, Hindi Zahra, Horacio El Negro, koudede, Lafi Bala, Morocco, Music, performance, Richard Bona, ritual, Touareg, trance | Comments Off
Some examples of events/commissioned work – Please contact me via the ‘contact’ page if you have an event or a function that you would like photographing. See the ‘ILFA’ website for more examples of my event work: http://www.sjberwin.com/events/20901_ILFA_gala_dinner_2011/
Mar 10, 2011 | Categories: Events, Galleries, Other work, Uncategorized | Tags: celebration, events, functions, parties, party | Comments Off
This article appeared in ‘Canoe Africa’ magazine: http://www.canoeafrica.com/ (‘Mocha’ issue) Day one The familiar storming bass lines of ‘Amassakoul N’ Tenere’ ring out across the sand dunes as Tinariwen take to the stage in full Tuareg robes & shesh[1] headdress… The now legendary poet guitarists are greeted with rapturous excitement by the audience, as their [...]
Mar 10, 2011 | Categories: Articles, Latest news, Uncategorized | Tags: Africa, African, Alice Mutasa, celebrate, celebration, dance, desert, dune, Festival, Festival au Desert, festivals, Khaira Arby, koudede, Mali, Music, musician, Niger, nomad, nomadic, People, rebellion, Sahara, shesh, tartit, Timbuktu, Tombouctou, Touareg, tradition, traditional, trance, Travel, tuareg, turban | Comments Off
Full photo coverage of the festival can be found in the ‘Music’ gallery: http://www.placesandseasons.com/2010/05/music-2/ My review of the 2008 Festival Gnaoua can be found here: http://www.placesandseasons.com/2009/05/festival-gnaoua-essaouira-morocco-2008/ © Alice Mutasa 2010 Day One – Thursday 24/06/10 “There’s a real breath of freedom in this music – because no one sings better of liberty than a person [...]
Jul 04, 2010 | Categories: Articles, Uncategorized | Tags: Africa, African, Amazigh Kateb, Arabic, celebrate, celebration, dance, Essaouira, exuberance, Festival, festival gnaoua, festivals, Gnaoua, Gnawa, guembri, joy, joyful, Maghreb, Maroc, Morocco, Music, musician, musicians, ritual, stage, trance | Comments Off
