Background
Gillison, David Andrew was born on November 27, 1936 in Melbourne, Australia. Son of Douglas Napier and Joan Mary Gillison.
(When David Gillison first arrived in New Guinea in 1973, ...)
When David Gillison first arrived in New Guinea in 1973, ceremonies marking birth, death, initiation, and marriage were still being conducted by the Gimi tribe as they had been for thousands of years. Today, many of the Gimi's indigenous traditions, like those depicted in Abrams' acclaimed African Ceremonies, are disappearing forever. Gillison's brilliant photographs and intimate text capture the remarkable dramas enacted during what was probably the last-ever Hau, a two-week fertility festival. Ranging from creation myths to scenarios of affairs, clan jealousies, and family strife, these playlets, ultimately forbidden by Westerners, are no longer performed. Gillison movingly preserves them here for history. The only photographic record we have of the Gimi and their unique theater rituals, the book also depicts the major effort to save the spectacular rainforest home of the Gimi, which stands as a world model for indigenous conservation.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810906015/?tag=2022091-20
(When David Gillison first arrived in New Guinea in 1973, ...)
When David Gillison first arrived in New Guinea in 1973, ceremonies marking birth, death, initiation, and marriage were still being conducted by the Gimi tribe as they had been for thousands of years. Today, many of the Gimi's indigenous traditions, like those depicted in Abrams' acclaimed African Ceremonies, are disappearing forever. Gillison's brilliant photographs and intimate text capture the remarkable dramas enacted during what was probably the last-ever Hau, a two-week fertility festival. Ranging from creation myths to scenarios of affairs, clan jealousies, and family strife, these playlets, ultimately forbidden by Westerners, are no longer performed. Gillison movingly preserves them here for history. The only photographic record we have of the Gimi and their unique theater rituals, the book also depicts the major effort to save the spectacular rainforest home of the Gimi, which stands as a world model for indigenous conservation.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000C4SOSO/?tag=2022091-20
Gillison, David Andrew was born on November 27, 1936 in Melbourne, Australia. Son of Douglas Napier and Joan Mary Gillison.
Master of Fine Arts, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 1960—1964. Postgraduate, Slade School Fine Art, London, 1961—1962. Postgraduate, Bisitsu Daigaku, Kyoto, Japan, 1965—1966.
Lecturer Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York, 1970—1978, assistant professor, 1978—1986, associate professor, 1986—2003, professor, since 2003, instructor in 3D modeling and animation, digital photography. Instructor digital photography drawing, and 3D computer modeling and animation.
(When David Gillison first arrived in New Guinea in 1973, ...)
(When David Gillison first arrived in New Guinea in 1973, ...)
Founder, director Research Conservation Foundation of Papua New Guinea, Goroka, since 1982. Fellow: Wildlife Conservation Society of New York.
Married Esther Catherine Shleser, May 18, 1967 (divorced June 1998). Children: Samantha, Douglas.