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The Wooden Photograph

June 27, 2013 by Mariamma Kambon

I exchanged the role of observer for that of storyteller. The task at hand was the synthesis of the hundreds of images created throughout the year of shooting, with memories of the family and my most striking impressions of Asha’s life

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: 3D photograph, Asha Means Life, children, choreography, dance, dream, dreams, family, heirloom, milled photograph, monument, motherhood, photography, Unearthed, video, wooden boxes, wooden photograph

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The Birth of Earth

June 27, 2013 by Mariamma Kambon

She danced almost until the moment of the birth of her fourth child . . .

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Asha Means Life, baby, Birthday, child, childbirth, children, choreography, dance, family, Florida, Know Thyself, labor, miami, Miami Dade, Michelle Murray, midwife, Mother, motherhood, natural childbirth, newborn, Now I Know, photography, pregnancy, pregnant, Sheila Simms, single parent, Son, Stephen Marley, Unearthed, water birth

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