Green Eyes, the Greenest Fields: The Green Eyes Project - Softcover

9780967489803: Green Eyes, the Greenest Fields: The Green Eyes Project

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967489806 ISBN 13: 9780967489803

Publisher: TCB Cafe Publishing, 2000

A seductive and exotic photo-essay, "Green Eyes, the Greenest Fields", combines great literary references with stunning photographs of people from Africa, Asia, South America, India, Europe, and America, who all share the common trait of "green". Unlike other eye colors, such as brown or blue, green eyes are a genetic roll of the dice, which can appear within each generation, or each hundredth generation, and represent not only our common ancestries due to commerce and cultural exchange, but also our kinship with the Earth itself. This book is a fabulous photographic work that will keep you coming back for more.

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From the Author:

When we first began working on this book, the question most often asked was why? Why do an artistic work, or any kind of work, on the subject of green eyes? On numerous occasions it was pointed out to me by the sharp-eyed observer that I do not even have green eyes, or blue or hazel ones for that matter. But my feeling has always been that an artist does not need to possess an aspect of beauty in order to appreciate and capture it. And it is indeed quite a subject. It is powerful and emotional, exotic and seductive. Greater still, it is historical. Around our vast globe, green eyes can exist in almost any ethnic group that has been exposed to another, very different, culture during some time in its past.

Where the Moors once visited France and Spain, and were visited in turn, the green eye emerges. Where the English once set very large foot prints in Africa, green eyes emerge. Where the Chinese, the Mongolian, and the Russian lands meet, green eyes emerge. In countries such as Brazil, where they believe that their multiculturalism and mixed blood lines are their strength, green eyes are far from rare, and exist in the most unimaginable color combinations of skin and hair and facial features. But the key point that can be taken from this work is the acknowledgment that whenever there has been some point in a country or culture's history where they have interacted, whether commercially, colonially, or competitively, with a group of people physically unlike themselves, the green gene was sown. Unpredictable, inexplicable, and mystical. Green eyes are arguably one of the most mysterious and entrancing physical traits. Their luminescence never escapes notice.

About the Author:

Andre Crump brings 10 years of international business and cultural experience to his 15 years of photographic work. Known for his insightful portraits, he has photographed subjects in France, Wales, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Italy, and Spain. Educated as an international marketer, he is passionate to bring the diversity and beauty found in the world's peoples to the artistic format. His work has been displayed at universities and galleries in the midwest and the east coast, and has been published in several news publications. Andre' Crump is also the producer of Cafe with Andre', a cultural cable show focused on the arts, music, dance, and poetry. Set in various cafes around the world, Andre's motto for the show has always been that "You can meet the most interesting people of any country in their cafes". His guests include brazilian culture cabinet ministers, american artists and photographers, european dancers, and international coffee connoisseurs. Crump graduated in French commercial studies and has also received a master's degree in international business and marketing. He has also studied French art at the University of Dijon, France. He is now based in the U.S., where he is continuing his ongoing work on green eyes, The Greenest Fields, and beginning work on his next exhibition, Brazilian Royalty: The Men, Women, and Children of Copacabana Beach.

Ronald A. Margulis (Foreword)

Founder of the art and investments firm The Diffusion Group, and its subsidiary arts and literary publication, Diffusion magazine, Ronald Margulis has the ultimate critical eye. Published in 1990, Diffusion was well received in the art world, and was collected by museums nationwide, including the Guggenheim, the Getty Museum, MoMA, and the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition to Diffusion, as former art critic for Forbes and The Face (UK) magazines, Ronald traveled the world, bringing the best in art to his readers. Currently managing director of RAM Communications, Ltd., Ron Margulis brings 12 years of professional and managerial experience to RAM Communications. His articles on subjects ranging from food to investments have appeared in The Chicago Tribune, U.S. Distribution Journal, Business Magazine (U.K.), Candy Wholesaler, Australian Business (Aus), The Washington Times, and several other newspapers and magazines. Margulis has won several awards for his writing, and is contributing editor of two professional reference books. Margulis graduated with honors in international business from George Washington University, and received a master's degree in economics from New York University. He also studied journalism at University College, University of London, and history at New College, Oxford University.

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