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Title
Woman and child walking, Tanzania, 1979
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1979
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
A young woman carries a child as she walks along a dirt path next to animals in a Maasai village in Northern Tanzania. Traditionally, the role of the Maasai woman includes taking care of the children, and. In 1979, Richard Cross was invited to photograph the Maasai people as part of an ethnographic film project by then doctoral student Peter Biella. Cross received the invitation while doing graduate work at Temple University in Philadelphia. While in Tanzania, Cross photographed the cultural traditions, tribal rituals and daily life of the Maasai people.
Una joven carga a un niño mientras camina por un camino de tierra junto a los animales en una aldea masái en el norte de Tanzania. Tradicionalmente, el papel de la mujer masái incluye cuidar a los niños, y. En 1979, Richard Cross fue invitado a fotografiar a al pueblo masái como parte de un proyecto de filme etnográfico del estudiante de doctorado Peter Biella. Cross recibió la invitación mientras hacía estudios de posgrado en la Universidad de Temple en Filadelfia. Mientras estuvo en Tanzania, Cross fotografió las tradiciones culturales, los rituales y la vida cotidiana del pueblo masái.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
black-and-white slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.sl.RCr.B19.02.01.45
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/7954
Subject
Women, Maasai
Maasai (African people)
Children--Tanzania
Infant carriers
Place
Tanzania
Relation
99.01.sl.RCr.B19.02.01.45.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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