Photographers:
Connections:

Folklore and popular tradition


 
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The camera as an ethnographic witness. Explore the documentation of vanishing rituals, costumes, and local myths that form the tapestry of human cultural heritage.

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Observe the Ritual.

Contents

Fear of photography
1Felice Beato: Prince Kung / Prince Gong Qinwang of China
2Amateur Photographers in China: Sketches by the Rev. R. O'Dowd Ross-Lewin, Chaplain R.N. (7 March 1891)
Photographing fairies
3Cottingley Fairies
Traditions
4Homer Sykes: Once a Year: Some Traditional British Customs
5Phyllis Galembo: West African Masquerade

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