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AfricaSounds.com
Presents:
"Africa in New York, 2001"
Photo Gallery by Photographer
William Farrington
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AfricaSounds.com invites you to experience this gallery
by photographer William Farrington. The
photos collected in this gallery catch a fascinating period of
approximately six months during
2001 in which
New York City witnessed an unprecedented surge in live
African music concerts. Many of the
leading performers in African music converged on New York
City and William’s photography acts as fitting
testament to that truly dynamic musical season. What follows is a visual
documentary of those outstanding musical and
cultural events. For
each artist, we have created an individual photo gallery which can be accessed
by clicking on the appropriate thumbnail below.
These photographs have
been kindly provided to AfricaSounds.com by the photographer, William
Farrington, and must not be used in sources outside of AfricaSounds.com
without prior permission and consent of the photographer,
as defined under international copyright law.
If you would like to discuss any of these photos
or others with William Farrington, please contact him
directly via his email at wfnyphoto@hotmail.com
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Photo
Gallery
Click On
Thumbnail Photos Below To Access Each Individual Artist Gallery |
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Baaba Maal at
Irving Plaza on August 26, 2001 |
Amampondo at Lincoln Center “Africa
Out Loud” |
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Badenya at Lincoln
Center on August 15, 2001 |
Bongo Maffin at
SOBs |
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Diblo Dibala at SOBs
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Ex-Centric Sound
System at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Bandshell
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Cheikh Lo at
Lincoln Center “Africa Out Loud”
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Floxy Bee the
Queen of Hikosso Music
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Ismael Isaac at
SOBs on October 23, 2001 |
Les Tetes Brulees
at “Africa Fete 2001” at Central Park Summerstage |
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Lorraine Klassen
at SOBs |
Thomas Mapfumo at IAAF Festival in
Brooklyn on July 2, 2001
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Mbira Masters of
Zimbabwe featuring Beauler Dyoko & Cosmas Magaya on September 28, 2001
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Myriam Fatim at
The Lion’s Den on September 23, 2001 |
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Papa Wemba at The
Lion’s Den |
Super Rail Band at
Lincoln Center “Africa Out Loud” |
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Koffi Olomide at
B.B. Kings on August 3, 2001
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Omar Pene at SOBs
on July 6, 2001
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About
Photographer William Farrington
William Farrington,
a photographer and
reporter for the African Sun Times as well as other
publications, has developed a passion for music from the African continent and Diaspora.
William was trained as a painter thus he views the world in terms of color,
lines, movement and energy, the essential language of painting.
He views a
connection between painting and photography in the sense of composition.
William Farrington's photos capture the dynamics
and energy of African music performance. Successful music
photography
requires an anticipation of
a musician’s movements. The
photographer must watch how the musicians move and anticipate
future movements in order to capture a unique
visual moment on film. William
Farrington is one such photographer that has developed a knack
for putting himself "in the position of the musician" in
an attempt to guess what movement
will come next in the hope of
capturing it on film.
According to William,
one of the most challenging aspects for a
music photographer is
finding and capturing that interaction where
there is a significant musical and physical dialogue going on between
musicians.
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