Research Catalog
A sense of Rasta
- Title
- A sense of Rasta / Omobowale Ayorinde.
- Author
- Ayorinde, Omobowale
- Publication
- 1980-1981.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Still image | Use in library | Sc Photo Portfolio (Ayorinde, O.) | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Description
- 35 items (one folder); 26 x 21 cm and smaller.
- 20 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
- 15 photographic prints : color ;
- Summary
- Depictions primarily of Rastafarian men in Jamaica, from 1980-1981, that formed a photo essay entitled "A Sense of Rasta," consisting of quarter to full-length posed or candid shots of individual adolescent to senior men; portraits of a woman and a mother and child; views of groups of young men; views of men performing tasks or handicrafts; and a view of an herb smoking bowl or pipe in use. Of note is a group portrait titled "Officially" of attendees to the 1st International Conference of Rastafari, in Toronto, Canada (1981); and a portrait of an older man dressed in attire similar to Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1980-1989.
- Group portraits – 1980-1989.
- Gelatin silver prints – 1980-1989.
- Dye coupler prints – 1980-1989.
- Note
- Title taken from title of photo essay and master's thesis.
- Most photographs bear handwritten captions, including photographer's name, on verso; one item bears handwritten caption on recto; some items have printed cation labels attached to verso. Some items are printed full frame; some items are cropped. Some items are mounted on textured paper. Some items are duplicates.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography (note)
- Omobowale Ayorinde, born in 1945, is a photographer and filmmaker. He received his BFA in photography and cinematography from the Massachusetts College of Art (1975) and an MFA in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology (1977). Though known for his photo essay on Rastafarians in Jamaica, Ayorinde has been an associate professor at RIT for over twenty years, teaching photography, videography and imaging studies.
- Publications (note)
- Ayorinde, Omobowale. A sense of Rasta : thesis for Master of Fine Arts, Photography Program, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1982.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Portfolio (Ayorinde, O.)
- OCLC
- 1273938851
- Author
- Ayorinde, Omobowale, photographer.
- Title
- A sense of Rasta / Omobowale Ayorinde.
- Production
- 1980-1981.
- Type of Content
- still image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Terms Of Use
- Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography
- Omobowale Ayorinde, born in 1945, is a photographer and filmmaker. He received his BFA in photography and cinematography from the Massachusetts College of Art (1975) and an MFA in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology (1977). Though known for his photo essay on Rastafarians in Jamaica, Ayorinde has been an associate professor at RIT for over twenty years, teaching photography, videography and imaging studies.
- Publications
- Ayorinde, Omobowale. A sense of Rasta : thesis for Master of Fine Arts, Photography Program, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1982.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Portfolio (Ayorinde, O.)