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Still Life; An exhibition by Ombetja
Yehinga.
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| Article Type: | Brief article |
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Black and white photography
(Exhibitions) HIV patients (Portrayals) |
| Authors: |
Tanner, Britanny Magenya, Sheena |
| Pub Date: | 06/01/2008 |
| Publication: | Name: Sister Namibia Publisher: Sister Namibia Audience: Academic; General Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Social sciences; Women's issues/gender studies Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2008 Sister Namibia ISSN: 1026-9126 |
| Issue: | Date: June, 2008 Source Volume: 20 Source Issue: 2 |
| Persons: | Named Person: Yehinga, Ombetja |
| Geographic: | Geographic Scope: Namibia Geographic Code: 6NAMI Namibia |
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| Accession Number: | 184550001 |
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The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) uses arts with young People
for young people to create social awareness. OYO recently held a photo
exhibition at the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre Called Still Life. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In this project, people appearing in the photos were not necessarily living with HIV. The photographers, however, are. After receiving training in photography, they took images of their family, friends and loved ones. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Still Life is an exhibition that gives the opportunity to look at the world through the eyes of people living with HIV, and what we see is that life goes on. People laugh, they play, and they carry on with life because they are still living - living in today and appreciating the now. Asked why black and white instead of colour photos, exhibition organiser Evelina Ashipala said, "Black and white has a timeless appeal and even through the lack of colour, each pictures stillcomes alive." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Looking at the photos, one has a sense of joy. The world as seen by these photographers is neither sad nor painful. Their photos talk about family, food, children and friends - and about those moments that make our lives, all lives, worth living. Story by Brittany Tanner and Sheena Magenay [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
| Gale Copyright: | Copyright 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. |