32 images Created 13 Jul 2024
Junkanoo Colours Book
"Junkanoo Colours: Inside the Shack" excerpts from the 13 x 12 inch, 168 page book available here, Amazon, and in Nassau bookstores.
Photographer Douglas Barkey explores the annual cycle of the uniquely Bahamian festival of Junkanoo through images created during a season’s residency with the Colours group. Accompanied by interviews with Junkanoo practictioners, such as Colours founder Christian Justilien, and essays authored by anthropologists, art curators, creative writers, spectators and Junkanooers, the photographs capture the creative process and people creating costumes, choreography and music, as well as the spectacular Boxing Day rush.
Photographer Douglas Barkey explores the annual cycle of the uniquely Bahamian festival of Junkanoo through images created during a season’s residency with the Colours group. Accompanied by interviews with Junkanoo practictioners, such as Colours founder Christian Justilien, and essays authored by anthropologists, art curators, creative writers, spectators and Junkanooers, the photographs capture the creative process and people creating costumes, choreography and music, as well as the spectacular Boxing Day rush.
