Moving Images Wins Award from the Society for Visual Anthropology ...

Posted by UH Press Marketing on 19 November 2012

Moving Images: John Layard, Fieldwork, and Photography on Malakula since 1914, by Haidy Geismar and Anita Herle, is the most recent recipient of the John Collier Jr., Award for Still Photography from the Society for Visual Anthropology. The award is made periodically for work that exemplifies the use of still photography, both historical and contemporary, for research and communication of anthropological knowledge, and for excellence in visual anthropology.

The Collier Committee members were impressed with the authors? contribution:

?and in particular with the presentation of unpublished archival materials, John Layard?s story, and historical photos supplemented with his contextual field notes integrated in such an engaging format with contemporary visual research and literature, essays, text, and the reintroduction of historical and contemporary photos into the culture today.?

The official presentation of the award was made last week during the 2012 American Anthropology Association annual meeting in San Francisco.

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