"Big Devil, Little Devil, Haiti" is part of Professor Phyllis Galembo's ongoing project on costumes, holidays, and rituals. This image, taken in Haiti during Carnival 1997, reveals the amazing costumes made by local Haitian artists of papier mâché. Other themes included during carnival are animals, political figures and satire.

Ms. Galembo is presently preparing her new book on Haitian Vodou for publication by 10 Speed Press. Her exhibition, "Kings, Chiefs, Women of Power," will open this March at the American Museum of Natural History, New York. During 1994, she received a Senior Fulbright Research Award to document photographically for six months in Nigeria the elaborate costumes worn by traditional leaders. Traveling throughout Nigeria visiting palaces in Ife, Oshugbo, Benin City, Owo and Oyo, she created a large body of photographic color portrait images which include both male and female leaders. The range of dress includes traditional pangolin style, which imitates the skin of the animal to the use of contemporary imported fabrics. The head pieces vary from elaborate coral beaded crowns to bowler hats.