Katakis Collection: Sierra Leone, a time and place before war. Photographer(s): Katakis, Michael
Scope & Content:
Collection of 22 large gelatin silver prints, dry mounted within window mounts, titled, dated and signed by the photographer. The photographs show people and scenes in eastern Sierra Leone, principally at Kainkordu and Manjama. These images were published in Michael Katakis, A time and place bef...
Women husking rice, Kainkordu, Sierra Leone. Photographer: Michael Katakis
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Inscription: Titled, dated and signed on lower print border. Study of three women, husking rice on the verandah of a house at Kainkordu, using long wooden pole and wooden mortars.
Woman making palm fronds into brooms and twine, Kainkordu, Sierra Leone. Photographer: Michael Katakis
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Inscription: Titled, dated and signed on lower print border. Portrait of a woman, seated on the verandah of a house, assisted in her work by two young children.
Children mimicking the photographer, Kainkordu, Sierra Leone. Photographer: Michael Katakis
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Inscription: Titled, dated and signed on lower print border. Portrait of four young boys, holding rings of twine in front of their eyes, in imitation of the photographer.