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Mythmaker, The !Kung San, Botswana

Artist Elisabeth Sunday (American, b. 1958)

CultureAmerican

Date1990

MediumGold toned gelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 16 x 13 in. (40.6 x 33 cm)
Overall, Paper: 23 3/4 × 19 7/8 in. (60.3 × 50.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 28 × 22 in. (71.1 × 55.9 cm)

InscribedSigned and dated on verso

Credit LineGift of Christina and George M. Kemp and Robin M. N. and Steven R. Jones

Object number2005.15.4

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gold-toned gelatin silver print of a woman, elongated, with her right hand raised with palm up. Many people are in the background.

Label TextElisabeth Sunday American (b. 1958) Mythmaker, The !Kung San, Botswana, 1990 Gold toned gelatin silver print, ca. 2004 Gift of Christina and George M. Kemp and Robin M. N. and Steven R. Jones 2005.15.4 From the journal of Elisabeth Sunday: "Most of the young !Kung San people wanted to identify with the west and abandon the traditions of their culture. Though they lived in the Kalahari Desert, 1000 miles from any major town, they drank home-brew and discoed to blasting music under the stars on the remains of colonialist houses. Their disrespect for the old ways saddened the elders. Young people have always tried to figure out their own lives and create their own vision of the future. Even if those visions failed at first and proved self-destructive. I made this photograph as a way to honor the emerging visions of the future from young people all over the world." Edited By: CW Edited Date: 2007 Approved By: ERL Approval Date: 2007ProvenanceGift of Christina and George M. Kemp and Robin M. N. and Steven R. Jones to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005. Exhibition History"The World of Photography," Alice R. and Frank B. Sol Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 20, 2007 - May 25, 2008 Published ReferencesTeresa Annas, "Photographer reflects ethereal view of subjects," _The Virginian-Pilot_ (Saturday, March 27, 2004): E1, E2.