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Peter Beard — Buffalo Springs, Kenya, July
Peter Beard

Buffalo Springs, Kenya, July

A sweeping gelatin silver photograph of the Buffalo Springs landscape in Kenya is transformed into a richly layered mixed-media work through Beard's signature interventions of ink, paint, and collaborative drawings by Kenyan artists Kivoi Mathenge and E. Mwangi Kuria. The addition of an affixed feather bridges the natural world with the surface of the image, blurring the boundary between documentation and artifact. The result is a visceral, diary-like meditation on the African wilderness that reflects Beard's deeply personal and at times obsessive relationship with the continent.

Medium
Gelatin silver print with ink, paint, drawings by the artists Kivoi Mathenge and E. Mwangi Kuria and affixed feather, printed 1996-1997.

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October 1, 2013

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Peter Beard, Buffalo Springs, Kenya, July

A sweeping gelatin silver photograph of the Buffalo Springs landscape in Kenya is transformed into a richly layered mixed-media work through Beard's signature interventions of ink, paint, and collaborative drawings by Kenyan artists Kivoi Mathenge and E. Mwangi Kuria. The addition of an affixed feather bridges the natural world with the surface of the image, blurring the boundary between documentation and artifact. The result is a visceral, diary-like meditation on the African wilderness that reflects Beard's deeply personal and at times obsessive relationship with the continent.

Medium
Gelatin silver print with ink, paint, drawings by the artists Kivoi Mathenge and E. Mwangi Kuria and affixed feather, printed 1996-1997.
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African Wildlife, Contemporary Photographer, 20th Century, Collage Art, Male Artist, African Subject Matter, Mixed Media, Documentary Photography, Wildlife Photography, Nature And Adventure, Gelatin Silver Print, American Photographer, American Artist, Black and White, Photographic Collage, Kenya Landscape

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