Eliot Elisofon and cameraman Georges Bracher filming the Mbuti people. Near Epulu, Ituri Forest, Congo (Democratic Republic)

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Object Details

Photographer

Bracher, Maya

Collection Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Collection Citation

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Scope and Contents

This photograph was taken by Maya Bracher when she traveled to Africa from October 26, 1970 to end of March 1971. She was on assignment for Eliot Elisofon when he wrote, produced, and directed a four-hour television series for Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) titled Black African Heritage (1973). The series was divided into four segments, lasting 50 minutes each: The Congo, The Bend of the Niger, The Slave Coast, and Africa's Gift.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e1272c46-a9b9-40fd-a92a-ebb22d5c8568

Local Numbers

EENG-IX-7, 36A.

General

Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.

Local Note

Typed index card reads, "Z 3 Mbt. Mbuti. Zaire. Ituri forest. Elisofon and cameraman Georges Bracher, Westinghouse film. 11/1971. Maya Bracher. neg.no. IX-7, 36A." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Natural landscapes

Photographers

Photographer

Bracher, Maya

Culture

Mbuti (African people)

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EENG / 1970

Extent

1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)

Date

1970

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 08581

Type

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Black-and-white negatives

Negatives

Collection Rights

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Where noted, some images remain under the copyright of Life/Shutterstock. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Genre/Form

Black-and-white negatives

Negatives

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871013293-3

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