July 3, 2009

earth, receive the strangest guest

"nomads are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. There are an estimated 30-40 million nomads in the world. Many cultures have traditionally been nomadic, but traditional nomadic behavior is increasingly rare in industrialized countries. There are three kinds of nomads: hunter-gatherers moving between hunting grounds, pastoral nomads moving between pastures, and "peripatetic nomads" moving between customers."










yesterday i caught a show on tv about Jiro Shirasu. japanese men don't get much cooler than this




Love this carpet sweater by Bless No32 x John Smedley




chris marker's sans soleil (1983) is a pretty well known documentary, probably standard study material for any sort of introductory film/anthropology class. i thought it was kind of lame at first but by the end the film had left a really strong impression on me. the whole thing was like a visual diary...random images, strange human moments pieced together so beautifully like patchwork...
i drew lots of inspiration from it when we were editing our own film project for class

"if they don't see happiness in the picture, at least they'll see the black"

4 comments:

Winnie said...

Nomadic culture has been such a popular theme with editorials. They have such a different life and so different to industrilised, western countries which makes them so exotic. What I don't like is the exploitation of these communities...it's a fine line I think!

yui said...

yeah it seems to be an increasingly popular trend...but to call it exploitation at this level is kinda silly i reckon. when u start doing editorials with them in it, on their territory, like some mags think its ok to do, then thats exploitation.
this is just about appropriating a culture that doesnt belong to us i guess. and really kind of idealizing them.. which is what what fashion is doing all the time.

dirtyflaws said...

incredible imagery

t. said...

hey yui, i think those might've been from mmm '04 collection... i posted some images on my page for you :) those are so hard to find... i would always bid on them on ebay, but never can compete! i almost bought a mule with that type of heel... so yeah.. they're out there...