John E. Lomas photographs
name: label: Photographer
content: Lomas, John E., 1941-
place: label: Place
content: Sudan
label: Place
content: Africa
creator: label: Photographer
content: Lomas, John E., 1941-
culture: label: Culture
content: Dinka (African people)
label: Culture
content: Shilluk (African people)
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs taken by John E. Lomas in the Sudan from 1972 through 1973. The images document the art and culture of village peoples of the Sudan to include the Dinka, Murle and Shilluk. Most are portraits showing body painting and scarification. Activities portrayed include buying and selling in markets, domestic chores, hunting and metal smithing. There are also images of modern and traditional architecture.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Lomas was a contract photographer for National Geographic, who worked in the Sudan during the 1960s and early 1970s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 905 Slides (photographs) ((2 v.), color, Ektachrome and Kodachrome)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972-1973
container: label: Container
content: Volume 1
label: Container
content: Volume 2
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by John E. Lomas, 1985.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1985-005
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Color slides
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Images indexed by negative number.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Color slides