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Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

National Museum of African Art

Object Details

Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns
The National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) acknowledges and respects the right of artists, community members, cultural groups, community-based scholars, and knowledge-keepers to collaboratively steward representations of themselves and their intangible cultural heritage located in the collections cared for by the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives (EEPA). Making this collection accessible to the public is an ongoing process grounded in the EEPA's commitment to connecting living people and cultures to the materials this collection represents. To learn more about NMAfA's Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns Policy, please visit the website. We welcome all inquiries and requests for shared stewardship or the ethical return of items. Requests can be made by emailing NMAfA-SSER@si.edu.
Photographer
Doochin, Michael D.
Creator
Kartoz-Doochin, Linda
Place
Ghana
Togo
Mali
Uganda
Ivory Coast
Seychelles
Ethiopia
Madagascar
Burkina Faso
Benin
Southern Rhodesia
Cape Town (South Africa)
Malawi
Kenya
Zimbabwe
Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
Serengeti
Gabon
Topic
Tourism
Provenance
Donated by Michael and Linda Doochin, 2020.
Photographer
Doochin, Michael D.
Creator
Kartoz-Doochin, Linda
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Michael and Linda Doochin Collection
Biographical / Historical
Over a span of more than 40 years, Linda Kartoz-Doochin and Michael Doochin have pursued a lifelong passion for learning about diverse peoples, cultures, and customs during their international travels, including trips to Africa, Bhutan, Burma (Myanmar), China, New Guinea, several Oceanian countries, and numerous other locations. Between 1977 and 2019, the Doochins traveled to nineteen African countries on excursions organized and led by various local guides, zoologists, archeologists, and anthropologists. During each trip, they documented their experiences through photographs and video. An entrepreneur and community leader, Linda received a BA from Barnard College – where she developed an early interest in cultural anthropology as a student of noted anthropologist Margaret Mead – and an MBA from the Harvard Graduate school of Business. During her business career, she has been recognized in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Industry and Finance, and honored for her leadership in the National Society of Plastic Engineers. Linda has served on the Board of Trustees for the Nashville Public Education Foundation, and numerous other Boards of Directors and varied educational and social service endeavors, including the YWCA, YWCA Shelter and Domestic Violence Program, Oasis Center, Jewish Federation of Nashville, and the Harvard Alumni Association. A strong advocate for families and education, Linda was instrumental in starting the first shelter for victims of domestic violence in Nashville and has long been involved with programs dealing with families, teens, education and social issues. An accomplished photographer, painter, and author, Michael has a BA in Economics from Williams College and an MBA in Economics from Harvard Business School, institutions where he explored his interest in the growth of developing countries. Michael is an owner and manager of a packaging and label manufacturer. He maintains a strong interest in natural history and healing energy. He is a Certified Tennessee Naturalist and maintains a certified arboretum on the grounds of his business. He has served on numerous nonprofit boards, often in officer roles, including chair of The American Chestnut Association and at the Tennessee Naturalist Program. Michael is also a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner and the author of two published books, The Tzaddik (2010) and The Mystical Naturalist (2017). Influenced by the natural holistic approaches to well-being and health that they witnessed during their travels, Linda and Michael embarked on a path to study holistic energy healing and became Certified Healing Touch* Practitioners in 2006. They have studied with energy medicine luminaries, Donna Eden, Rosalyn Bruyere, James Oschman, and Bonnie Johnson. As a composer of music and lyrics, Linda endeavors to infuse all of her compositions with uplifting healing energy. As an abstract and realist oil painter, Michael has painted scenes from his trips. Exhibits of his paintings and photographs include shows at Cheekwood Museum of Art, Centennial Art Center, Alive Hospice, the Gordon Jewish Community Center, and University School in Nashville.
Extent
6539 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)
Date
1977-2019
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.2020-001
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Citation
Michael and Linda Doochin Collection, EEPA 2020-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
The collection is physically organized to reflect the creator's original organization into slide carousels. The collection is digitally arranged alphabetically by country, ensuring that users can easily locate slides based on geographic location. This dual arrangement preserves the original context and order of the physical materials while enhancing digital accessibility and searchability for researchers.
Rights
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Scope and Contents
The Michael and Linda Doochin collection contains materials related to the Doochin's photographic travels between 1977 and 2019, including following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Rhodesia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. The collection formats include 35mm slides and 6 videos recorded with Sony 120 video Hi8 60 Digital8.
Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment.This collection is fully digitized with a selection of images available online. Please reach out to the Archives staff for more information.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1733161500962-1733161503067-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79598705d-1491-4382-8249-00ee95752335

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  • Woman carrying calabash, Key Afer, Ethiopia

  • Portrait of young boy, Dimeka, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Tree on roadside near Konso, Karat, Ethiopia

  • Older Dorze woman demonstrates smoking pipe, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia

  • Girl with tightly threaded hair, Mopti

  • Woven basket stall, Djenne

  • Women in trances dancing, Near Lome, Togo

  • Linda and Michael Doochin posing with woman outside of her home, Dimeka, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Linda Doochin At Remote Entrance to rock-hewn Church, Lalibela, Ethiopia

  • Woman selling produce at Konso market, Karat, Ethiopia

  • Women sorting cotton at Konso market, Karat, Ethiopia

  • Women assist friend in vodun trance, Near Lome, Togo

  • Closeup of utensils used to process ensete, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia

  • Children from Sebi village

  • Mourners possessed by spirit/collapsed

  • South Africa

  • Olive Baboons on the roadside, Nechisar National Park, Ārba Minch', Ethiopia

  • Vodun fetish housed in special room, Near Lome, Togo

  • Portrait of old woman, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia

  • People gathered at Omo Valley market, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Older Dorze woman demonstrates smoking pipe, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia

  • Bulls gathered before the Ukuli Bula ceremony, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Linda and Michael Doochin with Dogon guide an children

  • Toddler standing next to mother, nursing an infant, Dimeka, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Michael, Jonathan, and Linda Doochin, Ranomafana National Forest, Madagascar

  • Women gathered before Ukuli Bula ceremony, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Talensi Shrine

  • Sebi children wading in Niger river

  • Zebras, Nechisar National Park, Ārba Minch', Ethiopia

  • Hamar women carrying calabashes, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia

  • Jonathan and Linda Doochin, Madagascar

  • Burchell's Zebra Group, Nechisar National Park, Ārba Minch', Ethiopia

  • Woman in deep vodun trance, Near Lome, Togo

  • Portrait of Hamar woman, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia

  • Young Hamar woman carrying calabashes, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia

  • Women and children selling produce at Antsirabe market, Madagascar.

  • Hamar woman holding baby, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia

  • Woman in vodun trance dances, Near Lome, Togo

  • Vendors selling bundles of wood, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Linda and Michael Doochin pose against Ethiopian landscape, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia

  • Three young boys playing amongst rocks

  • Swayne's hartebeest herd, Nechisar National Park, Ārba Minch', Ethiopia

  • Portrait of a Hamar Man, Dimeka, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Women sit together before Ukuli Bula ceremony, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Jinka area

  • Portrait of an adolescent wearing cowry shells, Dimeka, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Linda Doochin With Buna Villagers

  • Ethiopian spris, Nechisar National Park, Ārba Minch', Ethiopia

  • Ari woman models enset leaf skirt, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • People outside of restaurant

  • Men building a fishing lakana boat, Ifaty, Madagascar

  • Dorze woman harvesting ensete, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia

  • Sunset over the lake, Nechisar National Park, Ārba Minch', Ethiopia

  • Group of Hamar women and children, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia

  • Young Hamar woman with hair in red braids and chewing Mefakia stick, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia

  • Landscape on the road to Dorze village, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia

  • Linda Doochin with Sebi residents

  • Woman in vodun trance collapses, Near Lome, Togo

  • Vodun ceremony tranced woman revives, Near Lome, Togo

  • Ari woman wearing enset leaf skirt, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Fulani woman in colorful dress, Bandiagara-Tierelle

  • Woman preparing ensete cheese on woven mat, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia

  • Women gathered before Ukuli Bula ceremony, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Male olive baboon, Nechisar National Park, Ārba Minch', Ethiopia

  • Group walking towards the Ukuli Bula ceremony, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Art gallery/shop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Michael Doochin at Blue Nile Falls, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

  • Women and children carrying large buckets

  • Linda and Michael Doochin near the top of Biete Giyorgis Saint George Church, Lalibela, Ethiopia

  • First and second wife helping third move to the new home, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia

  • Linda Doochin showing pictures on phone to young men, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Harvested pumpkins, Gurage Zone, Ethiopia

  • Portrait of mother and infant, Dimeka, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Argument in Konso market, Karat, Ethiopia

  • Linda and Michael Doochin, Isalo National Park, Madagascar

  • Children wait under mural of Mami Wata

  • Bella residents of nearby village near the tourist encampment

  • Kenya

  • Child making alterations with sewing machine, Karat, Ethiopia

  • Women sing and dance to vodun music, Near Lome, Togo

  • Man striking woman with stick during Ukuli Bula ceremony, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • People selling fabric at Konso market, Karat, Ethiopia

  • Konso women gathered at Konso market, Karat, Ethiopia

  • Woman sharpening knives, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia

  • Linda Doochin in Forest Near River, Madagascar

  • People gather in the shade near Omo River, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia

  • Sunset along road, Karat, Ethiopia

  • Child in the village

  • Linda Doochin amongst group of Sebi residents

  • Women near Omo River, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Women gathered before Ukuli Bula ceremony, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Woman in trance wet with spirit offerings, Near Lome, Togo

  • People on roadside looking into car, Karat, Ethiopia

  • Woman carrying child through Antsirabe market, Madagascar.

  • Chief of village of Yougo-piri and his grandson

  • People shopping at Konso market, Karat, Ethiopia

  • Linda Doochin at Dogon Circumcision Site

  • Linda and Michael Doochin pose with Mursi woman, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

  • Woman selling greens, Isalo, Madagascar

  • Swayne's hartebeests, Nechisar National Park, Ārba Minch', Ethiopia

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