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| 1. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1992 Pink Pig and Painted Walls, Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, Mexico Ilfochrome print Various Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 2. |  | Jeffrey Becom 2004 Anochecer, Jauja, Huancayo, Peru Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 3. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1995 Stepped Stone with Hat, Todos Santos Cuchumatßn, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Ilfochrome print Various Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 4. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1991 Calle Noche Triste, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico Ilfochrome print Various Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 5. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1992 Red Door, San Cristobal Totonicapßn, Totonicapßn, Guatemala Ilfochrome print Various Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 6. |  | Jeffrey Becom 2004 House of the Music Teacher, Jauja, Huancayo, Peru Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 7. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1987 Mud Wall, Assaka, Morocco Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 8. |  | Jeffrey Becom 2004 Porton Amarillo, Jauja, Huancayo, Peru Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 9. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1987 Blue Steps, Christos, Kalymnos, Greece Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 10. |  | Jeffrey Becom 2004 Intersecting Colors, Barranco, Lima, Peru Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 11. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1995 Girl, Green Tomb & Volcano, Sololß, Sololß, Guatemala Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom "In the Highland Guatemala town cemetery of Sololß, I discovered a grave that best illustrates the death beliefs of the Maya through the use of symbol and color. With its spectacular view of sacred Lake Atitlßn ringed by a trio of volcanoes, this Maya tomb is painted a verdant green to conjure new life. It is accented with blue and green tiles and trimmed in blood red to speak of rebirth through sacrifice. Red scroll finials recall the ancient spiral symbol for smoke, that curling vapor rising from sacrificial fires to transmit messages to and from the gods, as does the jade green cross dominating the tomb's faþade. Over the course of five years, my repeated attempts to photograph this glorious example of otherworldly communion had always failed due to weather. Finally one spring I optimistically set up to shoot this monument for the eighteenth time. The early morning overcast sky had stolen all color from the panorama, tarnishing the three towering cones with a lavender haze and reducing the lake to a flat, gunmetal gray. I waited patiently for the light to change. An hour later a young girl, wearing all five of the sacred colors of the Maya cosmos in her woven blouse, peeked around the corner of the emerald tomb. In that instant of epiphany the sun broke through, illuminating the slumbering crater of her Ancestor's home, now pillowed in white clouds." [Courtesy of the artist - used with permission] |
| 12. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1980 Street in Chaouen, Morocco Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom "In 1980 on my second journey into Morocco, I made my way through the Rif Mountains, an unexpected Eden of river and forest skirting the Mediterranean Coast. My destination was the isolated "blue village" of Chaouen, so known because the Berbers living there tint their whitewash with blue pigment. When it rains, the color wash depends in hue, and the town's ancient walls glow an intense blue in shades ranging from pale cerulean to aquamarine. One drizzly morning a beautiful child caught my attention. Curious, energetic, and laughing, she appointed herself my guide. Appearing and disappearing, she led me through the maze of narrow streets and markets of Chaouen's medina. Eventually her game of hide-and-seek took me to an alley alive with color and Eastern ornament. As I set up my camera, it began to rain. I was about to take cover when the shower quieted and the girl suddenly materialized again, running past me in her bright red sweater down the blue-traced passage. Later she led me to her home, where she waved a shy goodbye. Years passed. Then one day I returned to the house to deliver a print of the photograph to the little girl. A child who could have been her twin met me at the door actually, she was a younger sister. The extended family of mother, brothers, aunt, cousins, grandmother, and in-laws welcomed me with an elaborate puzzle of bobbing and hand kissing, and honored me with Coca-Cola and their friendship. I learned that the girl in my photograph, now seventeen, was living in Belgium, the mother of two and married to her cousin, considered an ideal Arab union. He had stolen her liver, I was told, for Berbers believe that this, and not the heart, to be the seat of affection. When the family paraded me back to the alleyway, veiled heads popped out of windows, and a large group of neighbors swooped into the street. They excitedly identified their window, their stoop, or their basket in the picture." [Courtesy of the artist - used with permission] |
| 13. |  | Jeffrey Becom 2003 Green Door with Arch, Sullana, Piura, Peru Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 14. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1999 Herida Sagrada, Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca, Mexico [Santos y Almas] Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 15. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1995 Pomegranate Offering, La Palma, Chalatenango, El Salvador Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 16. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1989 Twin Windows, Pisa, Italy Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 17. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1994 Blue Tomb with Skull, Pomuch, Campeche, Mexico [Santos y Almas] Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 18. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1999 El Clavo, Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca, Mexico [Santos y Almas] Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 19. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1995 Red Vault, Isla Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico [Santos y Almas] Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 20. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1994 Wall of Spirits, Tekit, Yucatßn, Mexico [Santos y Almas] Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 21. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1995 Sailors' Bar, Tela, Atlßntida, Honduras Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 22. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1994 Ladder and Bull, Coacoatzintla, Veracruz, Mexico Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 23. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1999 Colores, Xochimilco, Distrito Federal, Mexico Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 24. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1992 Red Column, Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |
| 25. |  | Jeffrey Becom 1994 Niche with Orange, Santa Maria Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico Ilfochrome print Provided by the artist - Jeffrey Becom © Jeffrey Becom |