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A mother and child in Ville Bonheour, Haiti
Haiti’s national religion, Vodou, combines native traditions, African religious practices and elements of Catholicism. Ezili Dantò, the vodou Iwa (or spirit) of motherhood is often aligned with the Virgin Mary. In 1849, it is said that she appeared at Saut d’Eau, the island’s tallest waterfall, depicted in this photograph. Devotees journey to the falls every year to bathe under the sacred water in the hope of evoking the protection of the Iwa. Part of her series Virgin Mary, Diana Markosian captures the essence of divine feminine worship in an intimate portrait of mother and child beneath the purifying water.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 55152
Creation/Production
MARKOSIAN, Diana
Date: 2016 –
Acquisition
Gift, 25/4/2017
Donated by David Hurn, 2017
Measurements
h(cm) paper size:45.7
w(cm) paper size:61.1
h(cm) image size:35.6
h(cm)
w(cm) image size:50.9
w(cm)
Techniques
archival pigment print on paper
Material
Photographic paper
Location
In store
Categories
Ffotograff | Photograph Gweithiau ar bapur | Works on paper Celf Gain | Fine Art Mam | Mother Baban | Baby Plentyndod | Childhood Y Forwyn Fair | The Virgin Mary Rhaeadr | Waterfall CREFYDD A CHRED | RELIGION AND BELIEF Benyw noeth, Menyw noeth | Female nude CADP random 20_CADP_Nov_22 CADP content Artistiaid y 21ain ganrif | Active in the 21st CenturyComments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.