JAN HOEK
NEW WAYS OF PHOTOGRAPHING THE NEW MASAI
Published by APE, 2015
Book size 24 x 33 cm,
Pages 72 page, ills color / b&w, paperback
Design: Jan Hoek & Jurgen Maelfeyt
Softcover
Language English
ISBN 9789490800192
Edition of 1000
The Masais are always photographed the same: jumping in nature while wearing traditional outfits and jewelry, almost like a group of animals. But more and more Masai start to live in towns and buy their first Nikes and put mobile phones in their stretched ears. Together with seven urban Masai Jan Hoek tried to find a new way to photograph the new Masai.
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The Masai are still photographed in the same way: jumping around in nature while wearing traditional clothes and jewelry, almost like a group of animals. But more and more Masai are starting to live in cities and are buying their first Nikes and buying themselves mobile phones. With seven urban Masai, Jan Hoek tried to find a new way to photograph the new Masai.