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Description for Places for the Spirit
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 85 B&W photos. BIC Classification: AGN; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 280 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1357.
Places for the Spirit is a stunning collection of over 80 documentary photographs of African American folk gardens -- and their creators -- in the Deep South (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina). These landscapes have a unique historical significance due to the design elements and spiritual meanings that have been traced to the yards and gardens of American slaves and further back to their prior African heritage. These deceptively casual or whimsical foliage arrangements are subtle and symbolic reminders of the divine in everyday life, the cycles of nature, and implied right and wrong ways to ... Read more
Places for the Spirit is a stunning collection of over 80 documentary photographs of African American folk gardens -- and their creators -- in the Deep South (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina). These landscapes have a unique historical significance due to the design elements and spiritual meanings that have been traced to the yards and gardens of American slaves and further back to their prior African heritage. These deceptively casual or whimsical foliage arrangements are subtle and symbolic reminders of the divine in everyday life, the cycles of nature, and implied right and wrong ways to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
San Antonio, United States
ISBN
9781595340641
SKU
V9781595340641
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About
Vaughn Sills is an associate professor of photography at Simmons College and has been a fine art photographer formore than thirtyyears. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, and her photography has been exhibited across the country including in twentysolo shows, most recently at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. Her book One Family received an Award ... Read more
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