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Sugarcane workers of Martinique
- Title
- Sugarcane workers of Martinique / photo Philippe Bourgade.
- Author
- Bourgade, Philippe
- Publication
- 1992.
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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 (Bourgade, P.) | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Description
- 26 items (one folder); 25 x 20 cm and smaller.
- 24 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
- 2 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white, one sepia-toned ;
- Summary
- Depicts the daily lives of Black sugarcane field workers and their families in the French overseas department of Martinique, in 1992, consisting of candid shots and views of adults washing clothes, preparing meals at home, and relaxing after work; children at play; adolescents eating sugarcane; and workers cutting, gathering, loading and transporting sugarcane stalks.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1990-1999.
- Group portraits – 1990-1999.
- Gelatin silver prints – 1990-1999.
- Note
- Title based on photo captions.
- Most photographs bear photographer's hand stamp on verso; most photographs bear photographer's signature on recto. Most items bear handwritten captions on verso. One item is sepia-toned. Some items are duplicates.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography (note)
- Philippe Bourgade is a photographer from the Caribbean island of Martinique, who has documented the people, their daily lives, and the environment of rural Martinique since the 1980s. He is also a portrait and landscape photographer, and has done work for dance and theatrical productions. Bourgade has also had his work featured in two published books, "Où a-t-on pris que la nuit tombe?" (1995) and "Eau-mémoire = Memory water" (2006).
- Publications (note)
- Bourgade, Philippe. Eau-mémoire = Memory water / avec des textes de Ina Césaire, Max Rippon, Sheila Walker. Pointe-à-Pitre [Guadeloupe] : Éditions Jasor, c2006.
- Où a-t-on pris que la nuit tombe? / Jean-Max Bernabé, Philippe Bourgade, Jean Terrine ; préface d'Ina Césaire. Case-Pilote, Martinique : L'Autre mer, c1995.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Portfolio (Bourgade, P.)
- OCLC
- 1275393536
- Author
- Bourgade, Philippe, photographer.
- Title
- Sugarcane workers of Martinique / photo Philippe Bourgade.
- Production
- 1992.
- 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
- Philippe Bourgade is a photographer from the Caribbean island of Martinique, who has documented the people, their daily lives, and the environment of rural Martinique since the 1980s. He is also a portrait and landscape photographer, and has done work for dance and theatrical productions. Bourgade has also had his work featured in two published books, "Où a-t-on pris que la nuit tombe?" (1995) and "Eau-mémoire = Memory water" (2006).
- Publications
- Bourgade, Philippe. Eau-mémoire = Memory water / avec des textes de Ina Césaire, Max Rippon, Sheila Walker. Pointe-à-Pitre [Guadeloupe] : Éditions Jasor, c2006.Où a-t-on pris que la nuit tombe? / Jean-Max Bernabé, Philippe Bourgade, Jean Terrine ; préface d'Ina Césaire. Case-Pilote, Martinique : L'Autre mer, c1995.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc Photo Portfolio (Bourgade, P.)