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Phyllis Galembo
Professor
Department of Art |
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Areas of expertise:
Masks; ritual costumes |
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Campus e-mail: |
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pgalembo@cnsunix.albany.edu |
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Campus phone: |
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(518) 442-4031 |
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Biography:
A fantastic group of spooks and skeletons,
ghosts and goblins, animals and nursery-room
characters stroll through a collection of
American Halloween costumes in a book by
photographer
Phyllis Galembo, Dressed for Thrills: 100 Years
of Halloween Costumes and Masquerade (Henry N.
Abrams, 2002).
View selected
photos from the book. Galembo started photographing people in festival
costumes in the 1970s. Her interest in ritual
costumes continued after a 1985 trip to Nigeria,
where she photographed traditional priests and
priestesses. From there, Galembo went to Brazil,
taking photos of the traditional priests and
priestesses of Candomblé, an ancient African
religion. Galembo has had exhibitions at the
American Museum of Natural History in New York
City and the National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution. She is the co-editor of
Divine Inspiration from
Benin to Bahia (Athelia Henrietta PR, 1998) and
Vodou: Visions and Voices of Haiti (Tenspeed
Press, 2005). |
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