Gilles Nicolet`s images present a tribute to the people and
landscape of the Swahili coast, the eastern boundaries of Kenya,
Tanzania and Mozambique, and display with artistic imagery a way of
life that has existed since the dawn of time, but is being fast
eroded by the intrusion of modern commercial practice. Nicolet
first went to the Swahili coast some 30 years or so ago and fell in
love with it`s empty, wild beauty, the breadth of the sky and the
ever present ocean that provides sustenance and income for the
indigenous populace. He returned recently armed solely with a 35mm
lens, intent on transcribing his memories into images for
posterity, determined to discover what was left, what had changed
and to better understand how the population, who had occupied these
shores for thousands of years, live today. His contemplative and
beautiful images of the fishermen and their families, entirely
dependent on the once rich harvest from the seas, but now in danger
from commercial overfishing of the area, brilliantly evoke the
endangered lifestyle. He provides extensive captions to the images,
often outlining the economic background involved.
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