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Points of Earth:  Photographs, 1971-2001,
 E. Riedinger

  

Latin America, Spanish, and Portuguese Collection - LAT
Room 300 thompson (Main) Library  ☼  Winter and Spring QuarterS, 2006
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Room 300 thompson (Main) Library - Latin America, Spanish, and Portuguese Collection (LAT)
Winter and Spring QuarterS, 2006

This exhibition brings together a collection of 26 photographs taken in various places around the world.  They are a small part of a larger collection (several hundred slides and prints) of photos I have taken over the past 35 years in the countries of Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.  I lived in Brazil from 1971 to 1988, traveling many times throughout that country.  From there, and now the United States, I visited many countries in Latin America and other regions.

This selection of photos underlies a thesis I am developing for a new book on the history of Brazil.
Geographically Brazil is part of South America.  However, geo-culturally, it results from a dense mixture of western African, Portuguese, Roman, and Arabic influences.  Geo-culturally, it extends from eastern South America across the southern Atlantic to western Africa, especially the Congo River valley, and through the Mediterranean from Iberia to the Levant.

If you are interested in viewing other photo essays on the comparative material culture of the Americas, you may visit online exhibits for American First Nations, Anglo America, Basque America, Germanic America, French America, Spanish America, and Portuguese America at:  http://library.osu.edu/sites/latinamerica/latweb4_staff.htm

The exhibition continues until the end of this academic year.  It will be the closing event of LAT as the Thompson (Main) Library closes for renovations over the next three years ( see http://library.osu.edu/sites/renovation/ ).

Edward A. "Ted" Riedinger
Professor and Head, Latin America, Spanish, and Portuguese Library Collection (LAT)
Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Brazilian History and Culture
Contact:  riedinger.4@osu.edu