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Article: Uvattinnit: Le Peuple Du Grand Nord/The People of the Far North. (Reviews).
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- March 1, 2002
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UVATTINNIT: LE PEUPLE DU GRAND NORD/THE PEOPLE OF THE FAR NORTH. By KARIM RHOLEM. Paris: Stanke International, 2001. 87 p., 1 map, 34 photographs. Softbound. Cdn$29.95.
Karim Rholem's purpose for this photographic essay is to pay "homage to the Inuit whose lives I shared over a period of two years" (p. 7). Mr. Rholem grew up in Morocco, moved to Montreal where he completed courses in photography, and then travelled to northern Canada between 1994 and 1996. While in the North, he photographed Inuit in black and white. Thirty-four of these photographic portraits, taken against the same backdrop and with a similar stance, are included in this book. The text that ...