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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4621583, member: 2844&quot;]Photographer Jimmy Nelson, who is famous for stunning portraits of people in Central Asia, New Guinea, and other non-Western regions, has published a new, surprising book.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jimmy is English, but has been living in the Netherlands for decades.</p><p>He always traveled to non-Western regions, thinking people there were more authentic than Westerners. Dutch friends asked him, why not get to know our traditional communities and photograph them. But Jimmy didn&#039;t think he could find authenticity here.</p><p><br /></p><p>On came Covid, and he couldn&#039;t travel abroad. Bored, he decided to travel around the country and visit those more traditional regions his friends had spoken of. He was amazed, and now says he finds more authenticity here than in any other part of the world he visited.</p><p>I could have told him that, I used to visit those same places looking for regional costume bits and bobs.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> I talked to the people, asked about traditions. Those people know modern life and use it to their advantage, but they maintain many of their old customs.</p><p><br /></p><p>To express the authenticity Jimmy found, he photographed the people in their traditional dress. We bought the book, it is beautiful.</p><p>He also had a (very) short promo video made, and since Dutch costumes are mentioned regularly here, I thought you might like to see it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not all costumes you see in the video below are worn every day. In some regions there are still a few ladies who wear traditional dress daily, in most it is only worn when going to church or market, on special occasions, or when performing in a choir, for instance.</p><p>Also, it doesn&#039;t include all types of Dutch regional dress. But the ones he chose are enough to give you Dutch costume and jewellery overload.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Turn the volume down, here it is, appropriately named &quot;Between the Sea and the Sky&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]Dsjvfe-FHQc[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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