Photographer Phyllis Galembo shows us the human and divine faces and voices of real Haitian Vodou in a beautiful, personal, and intimate document of a fascinating and deeply misunderstood religion. Reissued with a new cover to coincide with the author’s one-person show at the Albany Institute of History and Art in New York. Captions and essays from experts in the field accompany brilliant photographs documenting the vodou religious practice.

“Galembo’s photos combine a careful, almost ethnographic observation with a deep sense of mystical wonder and a palpable personal connection with the people that she photographs.”
— Calvin Reid

“Most of all, the work is, in my opinion, not romantic — some of the stuff is hard, emotional, serious as death and as a result the beauty has depth.”
— David Byrne

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Softcover, 10 X 10 in.

113 Color Pages

Publisher: Ten Speed Press (2005)

ISBN: 978-158008-6769