African American pilgrims dance in honor of ancient spirits. Lake Nasser, Egypt.

2006 / 2024

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Trained by the legendary photographer Prentice Herman Polk at Tuskegee University in Alabama, Brooklyn based photographer Chester Higgins has traveled to Egypt and throughout the Nile Valley since the 1970s, documenting the variety of spiritual expressions in the region. This palpably vibrant photograph captures a ritual scene in Egypt with diasporic practitioners of Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) spirituality.

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Title: African American pilgrims dance in honor of ancient spirits. Lake Nasser, Egypt.
Artist: Chester Higgins (American, born Fairhope, Alabama, 1946)
Date: 2006 / 2024
Medium: Inkjet print
Dimensions: 26 1/2 in. × 40 in. (67.3 × 101.6 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchase, The Ford Foundation Gift, 2024
Object Number: 2024.446
Rights and Reproduction: © Chester Higgins. All rights reserved. Courtesy Bruce Silverstein Gallery.
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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