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3 days ago
Daniel Sullivan
Posted project update #10Tribes of the Omo Valley Book Release Party
Post CommentThanks to all of you who made the book release at the Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center such a great success. It was a wonderful night and all of you were there in spirit. All of the books have now been shipped off and you should be receiving them in the next few days. If you like the book, I would love to hear your feedback. You can write a review on amazon .
I will be leaving this Friday for my next adventure in Mongolia. I will be traveling to Western Mongolia to photograph the Kazakh nomads who hunt with the golden eagle. I'll also be recording some music with some of the Tuvan throat singer shamans there. I'm very excited.
Thank you all so much for all your energy and support. If you would like to keep up with me travels or share my photography with friends you can follow me on Facebook or on my website http://danielsullivan.photoshelter.com
Warmest wishes,
Daniel
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Daniel Sullivan
commented on a projectI'm so happy you like it! I was so happy with it. If you get a chance please leave a review on amazon.com http://amzn.com/156647969X so that other people can find the book. thanks, Daniel
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on April 4
Daniel Sullivan
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HELP FREERADICALS PROJEKT START THEIR FIRST TOUR by Freeradicals Projekt
We are the Freeradicals Projekt We'd love to share our music..could you help us start with the West Coast...?
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104% funded $7,335 pledged
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on March 29
Daniel Sullivan
Posted project update #9May 16th Book Release Party
Hi Everyone,
The book release party for the Tribes of the Omo Valley will be on May 16th at Maui's beautiful Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center. You are all invited and I would love to have you there. I received the first advance copies of the book yesterday and it looks great.
Thank you all for being a part of this and I hope to see you at the opening. You should be getting your books and cds in the coming weeks.
Warmest wishes,
Daniel
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on March 23
Daniel Sullivan
Posted project update #8Book Release
Aloha Friends,
A quick update for everyone. The book will return from the press to Oahu on April 19th and we will be having the book release party the second week of May at the Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center in Maui. I would love for any of you to come who can make it. I will be sending you all an invitation soon. Thank you all for your patience, I know it has taken longer than I first expected but I think you will be very happy with the result. I have seen the final proof of the book and it looks beautiful.
Warmest wishes to you all!
Daniel
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david kerns on March 24
thanks for the update daniel! looking forward to receiving it! and just maybe i will make it back out there in may. have actually been thinking of it. don't know that i can wait until dec to get back so maybe a mid year trip in may will happen. thanks for the update! dave
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on January 9
Daniel Sullivan
Posted project update #7Update on the Tribes of the Omo Valley
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Dorian Bennett on January 9
Am most anxious to get this book in my hands. Thanks for the update!! Always a pleasure to participate in projects of quality like this one. Dorian Bennett
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Fiona on February 18
I am glad you stuck with Tribes instead of Peoples - if the Omo call themselves a tribe, who are we to tell them they are not one. Very excited to be getting the book soon. It's a wonderful project!
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Junior Toots on March 2
looking forward to receiving the book & cd Daniel. give thanks for the updates. blessings
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on November 10, 2011
Daniel Sullivan
commented on a project updateThank you so much Joe. You are so kind. My best to you and your familly. Daniel
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on November 10, 2011
Daniel Sullivan
Posted project update #6We did it!
Thank you so much to all of you who have been a part of making the publishing of The Tribes of the Omo River a reality! My Kickstarter Project has far surpassed my greatest expectations. If you had told me at the beggining I would have raised nearly twice the funds I had set as my goal, reached Kickstarter project of the day status, and have the project written about on some of the biggest blogs on the internet, I never would have believed it!
So many exciting things are happening with the book right now. First things first, because we raised more money than our initial goal, we get to make a bigger book! Not only has the book size increased quite a bit, the page number has increased by 40 additional full color pages of photographs. I figured that was the best way to reward you all for your amazing support. Also we are going to be able to now print 1000 copies. Today the book is in the final process of editing and proofing before going to press in China.
Now the CD. One of the most exciting things to happen has been the development of the recordings of the tribes. Dockside Studios a grammy award winning studio from my home in Louisiana is helping to master the music from the recordings. This is really really exciting! Thank you so much Cezanne for helping with this! I can't wait to hear the finished sounds.
It has been so amazing getting to know all of you through this project! I can't tell you how grateful I am for all of your generous love and support. So many years I have worked towards this moment. Thank you for being a part of that!
Warmest wishes from Maui!
Daniel
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Joseph Mancusi on November 10, 2011
Daniel - So many of us care for the world and its people and have no real chance in our daily lives to make a difference. I am so glad that I brought my two boys and then the rest of my family into your store in July. I wish you well in doing courageously what so many of us wish we could. God bless you and your work.
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Daniel Sullivan on November 10, 2011
Thank you so much Joe. You are so kind. My best to you and your familly.
Daniel
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on November 10, 2011Funded!
Tribes of the Omo River by Daniel Sullivan
An inspiring book documenting the isolated tribes of Ethiopia's Omo River through images and song before a destructive dam is built.
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191% funded $9,566 pledged
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on October 9, 2011
Daniel Sullivan
Posted project update #5Ethiopia’s ‘bulldozer’ government arrests 100 tribal people over dam
This report was written in Survival International about the Gibe III dam and the governments recent oppression of the Omo people there. I was wondering if you all would share the link to my kickstarter video today, to spread the word. Thanks so much!
Survival has received reports that around one hundred Ethiopian tribespeople have been arrested and jailed for opposing Ethiopia’s controversial Gibe III dam.
Plans for the dam and irrigated land plantations nearby are gathering pace, along with rising repression and intimidation to any opposition.
A policeman reportedly told one indigenous community that the government was, ‘like a bulldozer, and anyone opposing its development projects will be crushed like a person standing in front of a bulldozer.’
Ethiopia is leasing out large tracts of tribal lands in the South Omo region to foreign and state run companies for the growth of sugar cane, crops and biofuel plantations. These will be fed by water from the dam.
But a climate of fear is growing in the region as opposition to these leases is being brutally suppressed by the country’s secret police and military.
Survival has learned that security forces are encircling and intimidating indigenous communities whose grass huts are built on the land proposed for development.
Those with criminal records over the last ten years are being arrested, and anyone caught voicing opposition, beaten or threatened with imprisonment.
There are also reports of women being raped, and herds of cattle stolen.
Survival’s Director, Stephen Corry, said today, ‘The Ethiopian government and its foreign backers are bent on stealing tribal land and destroying livelihoods. They want to reduce self-sufficient tribes to a state of dependency, throw all who disagree into prison, and pretend this is something to do with ‘progress’ and ‘development’. It’s shameless, criminal, and should be vigorously opposed by any who care about fundamental human rights.’
The 100 arrested at the end of September were from the Mursi and Bodi tribes.
The Lower Omo Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It contains two national parks, and is home to approximately 200,000 agro-pastoralists.
One Suri pastoralist said the Gibe III dam, and tribespeople being driven from their land, signaled, ‘the end of pastoralism in southern Ethiopia.’
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Dorian Bennett on November 3, 2011
The extreme force of the government there will bring out the warrior in a peaceful group of people. Loved the picture of the Ono people! Am anxious to get the book to read and better understand their culture. Dorian Bennett
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For the past 15 years, I have been taking photographs in Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa, documenting the human spirit. My photographs and essays have explored Afghanistan’s refugees, the children of Cambodia’s dumps and the orphans of Bi... view more
Exciting! Wish I could come. Hope it all goes wonderfully!