Exquisite. Very beautiful and disturbing. Well done Ethan. Beautiful photos.
Chris Rainier and filmmaker Ethan Boehm team up to bring you photographs of exquisite tattoos and sacred scarring rituals.National Geographic photographer Chris Rainier spent seven years traveling across six continents and much of the Pacific Ocean documenting what it means to mark the body in ritual and initiation. Rainier and filmmaker Ethan Boehme team up to bring Rainier’s beautiful photographs of exquisite tattoos and sacred scarring rituals around the world poetically to film. With music by Anoushka Shankar. The human form, whether isolated in the forests of the Amazon, swept clean by the bitter winds of the Arctic, or soothed by sunset rains of Polynesia became through the brilliance of inspired artistry a map of culture and myth, a sacred geography of the soul, all expressed by the simplicity of forms painted, carved, incised, or etched upon the canvas of the body. Ancient Marks
Release Year: 2004 Duration: 11 min Availability: Worldwide Related: Environment, History, International, Music & Arts, Shorts, XPLR National Geographic photographer Chris Rainier spent seven years traveling across six continents and much of the Pacific Ocean documenting what it means to mark the body in ritual and initiation. Rainier and filmmaker Ethan Boehme team up to bring Rainier’s beautiful photographs of exquisite tattoos and sacred scarring rituals around the world poetically to film. With music by Anoushka Shankar. The human form, whether isolated in the forests of the Amazon, swept clean by the bitter winds of the Arctic, or soothed by sunset rains of Polynesia became through the brilliance of inspired artistry a map of culture and myth, a sacred geography of the soul, all expressed by the simplicity of forms painted, carved, incised, or etched upon the canvas of the body. Directed and Edited by Ethan Boehme Produced by Sandra Hay and Unseen Pictures Music by Anoushka Shankar Photographs by Chris Rainier Report a Technical Issue If you're having any difficulties viewing the film or have any playback-related technical questions, contact us using our general feedback page.
Comments Posted 09/22/09 by ken birchim
Exquisite. Very beautiful and disturbing. Well done Ethan. Beautiful photos. |
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