Eliot Elisofon and cameraman Georges Bracher filming the Mbuti people. Near Epulu, Ituri Forest, Congo (Democratic Republic)
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EENG-IX-7, 36A.
- General
- Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- Typed index card reads, "Z 3 Mbt. Mbuti. Zaire. Ituri forest. Elisofon and cameraman Georges Bracher, Westinghouse film. 11/1971. Maya Bracher. neg.no. IX-7, 36A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
- Photographer
- Bracher, Maya
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Topic
- Natural landscapes
- Photographers
- Photographer
- Bracher, Maya
- Culture
- Mbuti (African people)
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- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EENG / 1970
- Extent
- 1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
- Date
- 1970
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 08581
- Type
- Archival materials
- Negatives (photographic)
- Black-and-white negatives
- Negatives
- Collection Citation
- Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Genre/Form
- Black-and-white negatives
- Negatives
- Scope and Contents
- This photograph was taken by Maya Bracher when she traveled to Africa from October 26, 1970 to end of March 1971. She was on assignment for Eliot Elisofon when he wrote, produced, and directed a four-hour television series for Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) titled Black African Heritage (1973). The series was divided into four segments, lasting 50 minutes each: The Congo, The Bend of the Niger, The Slave Coast, and Africa's Gift.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871013293-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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