Research Catalog

Title

Made in Ayiti / Roberto Stephenson.

Author

Stephenson, Roberto, 1964-

Publication

[Port-au-Prince, Haïti?] : FOKAL, [2018?]

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Details

Additional Authors

Fondation connaissance et liberté (Port-au-Prince, Haiti), issuing body.

Description

291 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

Compilation of photographs of hand-made objects used by street sellers made with recycled materials. Presents a representation of the everyday commercial life in Haiti through the everyday tools, toys and accessories of Haitians and their ancestors. Roberto Stephenson (1964) is a well-known Haitian photographer. He is the son of a Haitian father and an Italian mother. After training in graphic design, he worked for 2 years as an assistant photographer and specialized in architectural photography. He has published several other photography books including Piccolo Taccuino Haitiano (2003), Interieurs d'Haiti (2004), Peyizaj (2014) and his photographs have been published in several journals.

Subjects

• Handicraft > Haiti > Catalogs
• Salvage (Waste, etc.) > Haiti > Catalogs
• Found objects (Art) > Haiti > Catalogs
• Art, Haitian > Catalogs
• Refuse as art material > Haiti > Catalogs
• Art objects > Haiti > Catalogs
• Recycled products > Haiti > Catalogs
• Artists, Black > Haiti > Biography
• Trash art > Haiti > Catalogs
• Art > Haiti > Catalogs

Note

• Cover title.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Text in French with translations in English and Spanish.

Contents

Bos tipol -- Ô splendeur des traditions! / Rachel Beauvoir-Dominique et Didier Dominique -- Le théâtre de la fabrique / Tony Hayward -- La troisième vie des objets / Francesa Subioli -- Innovation dans la rue haïtienne / Amy Braken -- Bricolage de la vie quotidienne / LeGrace Benson -- English -- Español.

ISBN

• 9997049616
• 9789997049612

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries