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Art // Miss Landmine: Angola pageant causes a stir
The world of pageantry is a terrifying spectacle. The younger it gets the more disturbing. But for every Jon Benet Ramsey and the stage mother out there pushing her to compete there is now a light at the end of the tunnel. The Miss Landmine Angola pageant was created by artist Morten Traavik to empower and instill female pride. This body of work also brings much attention to a serious subject in a progressive African nation. The portraits of these amazing survivers are touching and beautiful.
The viewer is drawn into the self confidence and dignity of the woman, only after close examination does one see a leg missing. The saturated, stately photography is so elegant and contemporary. Portraiture is by Gorm K Gaare. I love these.(All credits follow images at bottom)
Goals:
Female pride and empowerment.
* Disabled pride and empowerment.
* Global and local landmine awareness and information.
* Challenge inferiority and/or guilt complexes that hinder creativity-
historical, cultural, social, personal, African, European.
* Question established concepts of physical perfection.
* Challenge old and ingrown concepts of cultural cooperation.
* Celebrate true beauty.
* Replace the passive term 'Victim' with the active term 'Survivor'
And have a good time for all involved while doing so!
Conceived & Directed by / Concebido
e dirigido por
Morten Traavik
Contributors / Contribuintes:
Photographs / Fotografias
Gorm K Gaare
Coordinator / Coordenador, Angola
Quartime Carlos Matongueiro
National supervisor / Supervisão nacional,
Angola
Maria Madalena de Sousa Nazareth Neto
Styling and costumes/ Estilista
e modista
Lena Thorsmæhlum (Myff)
Visual design / Desenho visual
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A very brave and profound exhibition.
Should be given broad coverage and recognition.
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I agree, such beautiful imagery for complex subject matter.
Unfortunetly this huge amount of money could have been spend in providing education and prostetic legs to many other victims.
And now trouble comes:
the miss landmine winner says she was promised a house, a car and a leg.
She also complains she doesn´t have money to give to people when she visits the victims!!!
Well this is what happens when you give money to a beauty pageant with or without leg!
Money for causes should be given to people who are working and are responsible in that field and there's plenty of them doing good work in this area.