Culture

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Culture can be defined as the characteristics of a particular group of people, that is bound by language, religion, cuisine, social habits, dress, music, arts, etc.

The art of taking photos for the purpose of telling about the life of a particular group of people is called cultural photography.

Photos could include portraits of people in their traditional dress, common street scenes, festivals or rituals, events or anything that would tell or show something about a particular culture.

Would love to see some photos of culture from around the world 🙂

Here are some articles that have information relating to culture

1. Tips for photographing street markets
2. Photographing locals while travelling
3. A photographer’s cultural tour of the lost kingdom of Sikkim
4. An American photographer’s work with indigenous cultures

 

[Dahlia Ambrose]

An image from the Bedford River Festival that is held biennially in Bedford, England, on the banks of the River Great Ouse. The festival was founded in 1978 to celebrate the completion of a navigable route, by water, between Bedford and the coast.

[ElinL]

Great lines and colours, lovely image !

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Thank you very much Elin 🙂

[Kent DuFault]

I guess culture can mean many different things. This is typical of the culture at a county fair in rural Minnesota.

[Dahlia Ambrose]

That’s right Kent. I like the colours and the vintage / rustic feel in these toy tractors 🙂

[3pco]

An Ainu shaman. Or rather, an Ainu senior citizen dressed as a shaman for the benefit of tourists. The Ainu are the indigenous people of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island.

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Very nice Allen 🙂

[Nancyka]

To an outsider it might not looks like much, but for most people in Quebec, it’s a yearly tradition that represents the end of winter: a visit to the sugar shack  And the best ones are always the ones that looks the most unsafe. (and I literally don’t know if this one will still be up next year)

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Wow! What a lovely tradition Nancy. I just looked up the sugar shack and learned about it. Thank you for sharing this with us. Very nice, hope they restore it and continue doing what they are doing right now 🙂

[Rob Eyers]

The old chairs, sled, curtains and Christmas lights make it just perfect Nancy…..I love it!!

[chris pook]

British culture invariably involves going to the pub.  Births, deaths, marriages, birthdays, anniversaries, starting new jobs, ending old jobs, coming home, going away, being convicted, being absolved, having an awesome day or a rubbish one, landing a great deal or losing one, it being the start of the week, the end of the week, hump day or the weekend, passing exams or failing them, Christmas, new year, every bank holiday going and the summer solstice, all, inevitably, lead to the pub;

This is more street a snap than anything… but making the most of someone else’s art… Kurdish street scene in Sulaymaniyah;

 

Gulf Arabs;  modern day hawk training – click to flick (shot on blackberry – low res only)

Feeding the birds, Blue Mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Very nice images Chris. Thanks for sharing 🙂

[bucweeet]

Great, and varied selection of images Chris.  Hope guarding the hawk wasn’t the primary duty that day  😉  🙂

[bucweeet]

Here’s some of my choices for Culture…

 

Norway (Hot Dog Prices):

Norway (Trolls):

Scottish Kilt:

Scottish Bagpipes (Dunoon Grammar School Pipe Band):

England (Red phone booth and mailbox [going the way of the dodo bird]):

Indonesia travel/transport (although in a lot of other places as well):

Indonesia – caged rooster/cock (cock fighting was legal at that time):

Amsterdam Bicycles:

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Very nice set of images Paul. Thank you for sharing with us 🙂

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