This photo of Kple Kple and Kpan Pre masked dancers during a Goli performance, Kondeyaokro village, Ivory Coast, was just sent to me by David Norton, the African arts dealer. So I thought I’d share them with you as well.
American photographer Eliot Elisofon (1911-1973) spent decades traveling around Africa. A pioneer in color photography, he worked as a color consultant on Hollywood movies and changed Western perceptions of ‘the Dark Continent’ and about African Art with his book Sculpture of Africa 1978 ( http://amzn.to/2iEdUJw) These pictures are from his collection of African masquerades (1942-1972) curated at the National Museum of African Art.
See the images here: http://flashbak.com/african-masquerades-incredible-photos-of-tribal-masks-1942-1972-37764/
