Kogi Wisdom
A Book of Balance
The Kogi hold a unique position; on a bloodstained continent they alone have never been conquered, and have succeeded in preserving their four thousand year old understanding of the world.
Kogi Wisdom
Valdir Cruz
Faces of the Rainforest
The Brazilian-born photographer Valdir Cruz has lived in the United States for more than thirty years, yet much of his…
Sebastião Salgado
Amazônia
Photojournalist Sebastião Salgado traveled the Brazilian Amazon for six years to document the unfathomable wonder of this last frontier. The forest, the rivers, the mountains, and the people who live there.
David Uzochukwu
Drown in my Magic
David Uzochukwu (born 1998) is an Austrian-Nigerian artist engaging with longing and belonging through (self) portraiture. He uses photography and…
Híbridos
The Spirits of Brazil
A poetic and cinematic research into spirituality and its music in Brazil by Priscilla Telmon & Vincent Moon.
Pierre Verger
Black Gods in Exile
From detached gaze to initiatory knowledge: Verger is a true messenger between worlds.
Claudia Andujar
The Yanomami Struggle
Andujar’s legacy is a shining example of art and activism coming together as one.
Bryan Haynes
Above the Beyond
Bryan Haynes’ ability to portray trees in an otherworldly light speaks to me in the most visceral way. It awakens a memory I carry within, of another kind of seeing.
Stanisław Szukalski
Behold! The Fall of Man
Stanisław Szukalski’s strong nationalistic affinity, coupled with a megalomaniac self-image made him the priest of a nation, that was to hail him the greatest of living artists.
Hamid Sardar
Shamans & Hunters of Mongolia
“We exist in relation to three things: The forest, wild animals, and our ancestor spirits. Once we lose the connection to these things, we invite demons to take hold of our destiny.”
Rebel Wisdom
Sensemaking in the Time of Chaos
Rebel Wisdom uncovers the most rebellious ideas in philosophy, human potential and transcendence to find direction through the chaos of the time.
Metamorphosis
Chaos, Creativity and Imagination
A trialogue on chaos and the world soul, featuring Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham – three brilliant minds sharing their views on life and the structure of reality.
Walter Spies
The Edge of Heaven
The image of Bali as a place of great physical beauty laced with a mysterious spirituality has its origins in the works of a small circle of bohemian expats in the 1930, of whom Spies was the most influential.
Joth Shakerley
The Rainbow Tribe
Joth Shakerley is following the Rainbow Family for over twenty years. The pictures he brought back are beyond words.
Irving Penn
Worlds in a Small Room
Best known for his fashion photography, Irving Penn’s repertoire also includes portraits of creative greats, still lifes and ethnographic photographs…
Antoine Bruy
Scrublands
How do we want to live? These people choose a life away from the cities, willing to abandon lifestyles based on performance, efficiency and consumption.
Charles Fréger
Europe’s Wild Men
A primal heart still beats in Europe. Rural people all over the continent kept the connection to nature’s rhythm and celebrate the seasonal cycle. They invoke death but bestow fertile life.
Karolina Daria Flora
Weaver of umbilical thread
Karolina’s mission is the transmutation of reality, her work far more than mere adornment — she weaves the umbilical thread that reminds us of dimensions we have just forgotten about.
The Lost Tribes
of Tierra del Fuego
For seven thousand years, the Selk’nam, Yamana and Kawésqar people inhabited the forbidding archipelago of Southern Patagonia.
Edward S. Curtis
The North American Indian 1904 — 1924
Edward S. Curtis shows us an ancient way of life that is about to vanish. And after that the wisdom will be forever lost.
Makishi
Death dances for living people
The western culture is devoid of meaningful rituals that help you grow through the stages of life. I think that’s the reason why I’m so fascinated when I find it in other cultures.
David Attenborough
The Tribal Eye
This series from 1975 takes us on a journey around the world to reveal the making and use of tribal art in some of the few places on earth where the traditions are intact.
Aluna
The Elder Brother’s Warning
In 1990, a BBC1 documentary film brought global attention to a remote South American people, the Kogi of Colombia, who…
Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak
Storytelling from Borderlands of Worlds
Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak is a daredevil with a good eye and the guts to go beyond what meets the eye.
Jeremy Narby
The Cosmic Serpent
Research indicates that shamans access an intelligence, which they say is nature’s, and which gives them information that has stunning correspondences with molecular biology.
Painted Land
Australian Aboriginal Art
The art of the Australian Aborigines is one of the oldest artistic traditions alive. This selection shows paintings from the mid-fifties until now by artists from the Arnhem Land region in Northern Australia.
Hans Silvester
Natural Fashion
I try to put down a marker against the fashion mumbo-jumbo of our consumer culture, that only reinforces disempowerment and…
Malcolm Kirk
Man as Art
Malcolm Kirk traveled to Papua New Guinea in 1967. He returned repeatedly during the ensuing 13 years, documenting the extraordinary tribal decorations he had observed on that initial trip.
Jimmy Nelson
Before They Pass Away
The photographer Jimmy Nelson visited 31 secluded and visually unique tribes around the world. The result is huge — in extend and significance.
Phyllis Galembo
West African Masquerade
Phyllis Galembo‘s pictures reflect the ritual adornment and spirituality of masquerade in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso in West Africa.
