Carrie Jones, Water Music (ART & CONCEPTUAL 2024)

Women’s Water music, from the remote northern islands of Vanuatu, is created with fluid motion, as the women harmoniously scoop, splash, swirl and sing. The water is more than their instrument it becomes an extension of themselves as they weave their culture and tradition through air and water. To capture the two in camera, women and water as separate entities meeting, didn’t reflect the feeling of the performance. Rather a slow shutter speed blended the two, creating an almost painterly effect, a much stronger reflection of the rich rhythmic tapestry of sounds they produced.

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