August 8, 2012
New audio slideshow of ‘Tribes from the air’ marks UN indigenous day
Survival International has published an aerial photographic gallery of tribes and their lands to mark the 18th UN International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
In a unique collaboration of renowned international photographers, the audio slideshow pulls together 18 images of
tribal and indigenous communities and their diverse lands.
It visits Brazil’s famously photographed uncontacted Indians; the sub-arctic territory of Canada’s Innu tribe; the descendants of the first people to successfully migrate from Africa to Asia, and many more.
The photographs selected by Survival show the remarkable stewardship of tribes when managing their land and its natural resources.
Starting at the lowest point in Africa, the gallery journeys to the world’s largest iron-ore mine in the heart of the Amazon and onto a remote Indian island whose inhabitants survived the world’s deadliest tsunami.
‘Tribes from the air’ looks at the power of ancestral knowledge, tribal peoples’ rights to the land, as well as the threats development brings if they are not properly consulted.
Celebrated photographers Tim Allen and Yann Arthus-Bertrand are just two of the artists whose work features in the
gallery.
Survival International’s Director Stephen Corry said today, ‘UN indigenous day is an opportunity to celebrate tribal and
indigenous people. Their languages, knowledge of their environment and connection with their lands, teach those of us in
the industrialised world things we don’t know. These photographs show us what it is to be human, by illustrating the
diversity of tribal lives.’
UN International Day of the World’s Indigenous People is observed each year on 9th August to raise awareness of the problems facing indigenous people, and to help improve
their human rights.
French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s book ‘Earth from Above’ documents the world’s most beautiful landscapes. It has sold more than 3 million copies and
appears in 24 languages.
Tim Allen was the stills photographer for the BBC’s acclaimed Human Planet series, which attracted a record 5.1 million viewers.
Award-winning photographer Dominick Tyler explores the relationship between people and their landscapes, often focusing on people and places in transition.
Survival International helps tribal peoples defend their lives, protect their lands and determine their own futures.
Founded 1969.
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