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Photo: Sabine Franco
French Embassy, Lusaka
Photo: Sabine Franco,
French Embassy, Lusaka
Photo: David Edwards
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This was a solo exhibition of the
photographer’s panoramics of remote Zambian landscapes and the
exhibition debut of the Spirit of the Land project.
The exhibition was a selection
from the work done on several bush trips over the first year of
the project.
It was shown at the invitation of
the Cooperation and Cultural Service of the French Government
and it won the generous support of the French Government, the
French Embassy and the Alliance Française. The work was
exhibited at the Alliance Française Centre in Lusaka, and then in
a joint exhibit with the painter, Quentin Allen, at the Maramba
River Lodge in Livingstone, Zambia.
Over 1000 people visited the
exhibition, to wide acclaim and high demand for the limited
edition, fine art prints.
Exhibition Visitor Comments:
The Photographer says that
putting a Visitors Book out at an exhibition can be a two-edged
sword. The complimentary comments are gratifying; the not so
complimentary ones important and skin-thickening; and the
ambiguous ones good fun.
Some comments from this
exhibition’s visitors’ book are noted below.
But first, the Photographer’s two
all-time ‘ambiguous’ favourites:
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“Get in touch for suggestions” |
SM – African visitor |
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“Mr Robinson, what planet r u from?” |
CK – African fashion professional |
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“Breathtakingly beautiful. Stephen, you are a
master craftsman! Well done!” |
SB – European Commission professional |
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“Fantastic” |
JB – Zambian businessman |
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“Un autre regard…” |
PL – French Embassy |
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“Awesome view of our beautiful land!” |
TPM – Education
professional |
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“Stunning” |
AL – British expatriate headmaster |
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“Not bad” |
MR - African visitor |
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“Breathtaking” |
CS – Zambian member of Swedish Embassy staff
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“I thought I was dreaming” |
LVM – African university
student |
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“Do you need an assistant?” |
KC – African artist |
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“Absolutely breathtaking” |
AV – UK Photography student |
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“The photos are so real. Keep it up boy. We
will buy them.” (He didn’t). |
HM – African artist |
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“A highlight of my visit” |
SM – Travelling Irishman |
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“Pictures are too small” |
OL – Child care
professional |
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“Absolutely breathtaking, superb technically and
aesthetically” |
MB – UK pro photographer
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“Incredible work!” |
RM – German expatriate aid
professional |
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“Not bad” |
MR - African visitor |
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“Great landscapes” |
JM – South African pro
photographer |
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“Nature closer to man!” |
PN – African visitor |
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“It’s like being there!” |
RB – South African visitor |
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“Fantastic quality” |
GD – British professional
photographer |
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“Images say what words cannot” |
CB – Irish Jesuit priest in Africa |
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“It’s so beautiful” |
NM – musician, Japan |
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“We want to see more” |
JD – USA visitor |
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“Shocked & stunned” |
DE – British engineer |
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“Wow” |
HC – Writer & publisher |
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“Words fail me” |
CM – African visitor |
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“Panoramic cameras are the greatest” |
HL – USA visitor |
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“Proud to be Zambian” |
MGM – African visitor |
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“You will never see better” |
P & M – artists working in Africa |
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“This exhibition moved me to tears” |
DW – UK business
professional |
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“Fantastic exhibition” |
ED - UK visitor |
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“Absolutely breathtaking” |
PS – international hotel PR manager |
