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Shaking Paper

July 18, 2013 by Mariamma Kambon

The story “Asha Means Life”, told in boxes made of wooden photographs, was on display in the Olive Tjaden Gallery at Cornell University between October 15-26, 2012, in the group show entitled “Shaking Paper”.

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: arts, Asha Darbeau, Asha Means Life, caribbean, cornell university, dance, dream, Exhibition, family, immigrant, Ithaca, miami, milled photograph, motherhood, New York, photography, shaking paper, show, single parent, wooden boxes, wooden photograph

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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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Substance of a Dream

June 1, 2012 by Mariamma Kambon

Woven from so many fibers of a dream. . .

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: beach, Big Sur, California, dream, McWay Falls, ocean, pacific, pacific coast, photography, sea, texture, water, waterfall

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