https://www.dougcurran.photography/contact daily 0.75 2026-06-01 https://www.dougcurran.photography/info daily 0.75 2026-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558395139957-1Y4JVEE9VO1IU6RUJE6X/Kirk+%26+Doug+1983.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558395139957-1Y4JVEE9VO1IU6RUJE6X/Kirk+%26+Doug+1983.jpg Info https://www.dougcurran.photography/context-pictures daily 0.75 2026-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558557512538-O4HUNCZQTCVZHRLOXCZO/Blurb1.jpg Context pictures Text discussing the Chewa cosmos dance, its cultural significance, and spiritual symbolism related to the Chewa people of Malawi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558544342851-CAWISV1FK4MELDUL158F/Musika-Mtakataka.jpg Context pictures A busy outdoor market in an African village with people shopping and selling various goods, including colorful plastic bowls, packaged items, and bicycles, under trees and open sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558718045215-OWCXKANBGUUM0I9TH0LM/Mua+Wedding+Parade2.jpg Context pictures A group of people walking outdoors under umbrellas, with women wearing colorful dresses and children holding small items. The setting appears to be a rural area with trees and a dirt path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558718069474-DH2G3Y93J28ZDS8ME4NL/Zilombo-Gwimbe2.jpg Context pictures A group of traditional Slavic dolls with red faces and various clothing, displayed outdoors among trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558544359519-ILNDJ13CDAHI8TWIT7R9/Mpalo-Kafulama.jpg Context pictures A group of people in colorful clothing watching a traditional dance with a masked performer wearing a costume made of feathers and fabric, outdoors on a dirt ground with trees in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558544383690-J7ZO9IW3P017FF3CRJ5D/Masks.jpg Context pictures A display of various masks made from paper mache, fabric, and other materials, arranged on the ground among fallen leaves and branches in a wooded outdoor setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558544387886-WEPFW2366MGN27PWHKBB/Kasiyamaliro-Kenyare.jpg Context pictures People in traditional clothing gather around a thatched-roof hut in a rural village setting at sunset. Children and adults are actively engaging in various activities on the reddish dirt ground, with smaller structures and trees in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558544413407-RQXHY7OXEPKRWSL6JAAM/Gule+wa+Msimu.jpg Context pictures A man in tribal attire, wearing a feathered headdress and decorated with natural materials, performs a dance. He is surrounded by a crowd of women and children watching attentively in an outdoor setting with trees and traditional huts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558544445109-9BRHNA5L0D30NDSNB75A/Chitule+%26+Namwali.jpg Context pictures A man sitting on a red plastic crate appears to be teaching or demonstrating something to a group of children and a young man, all sitting on the ground in a wooded area. The man is holding a stick and is surrounded by leaves and small branches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558544445820-FUNQK5LGAAV1VD9P0THT/Chinkoko.jpg Context pictures A large painted rock with traditional African art standing next to a busy roadside, with a group of people walking along the road in a rural landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558544466358-4T8LEAGZK3MBYJ6YRJVH/Atsale+Kumema.jpg Context pictures A man dressed in traditional colorful attire and a person with a large mask and costume perform in front of a crowd outside a thatched-roof hut in a rural village, with trees and a cloudy sky in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558544475776-Y763D75QM1E2MEKYSVTX/Afiti+Kafulama.jpg Context pictures A tall figure made of fabric and other materials, resembling a human, stands in the center of an outdoor dirt area. Children and people are gathered around, some holding hands and dancing. There are trees, huts, and a bamboo fence in the background, indicating a rural setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558544327018-QP1SW5KMM4A3OU4QY3GX/3+Guys+of+Gule.jpg Context pictures Three men standing in front of a white car with a red license plate, in a rural area with trees and simple brick houses in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558544483457-FHDU855PW63KY3L184AY/Mkango+River.jpg Context pictures Three men wading through a river with a large decorated animal, possibly a cow or goat, covered with green and white fabric, in a rural landscape with rolling hills and shrubs during sunset. https://www.dougcurran.photography/writings daily 0.75 2026-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/bdf83bdf-e0f0-4c96-a5f0-f40b78a62070/EH4H+cover.jpg https://www.dougcurran.photography/landing daily 1.0 2026-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/6950058e-60fd-4175-8859-1ee2c0f4da94/Doug+MiniGravityCard+copy.jpg https://www.dougcurran.photography/work daily 0.75 2026-06-01 https://www.dougcurran.photography/work/the-holywood-years-bzasg monthly 0.5 2026-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639196165-488KF4B1JFKL051XLFQF/000714.0011.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639066545-FXDAV7ZPQ0UEMMNGS0ZZ/101019.01616.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639026420-HII5YIH3M6971ZWA7JLC/010404.0088.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558638985809-TRM0MAAWWBZFPKD0Q2X3/991216.0033.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639018070-OIOCJYKVUFXRWVXQCOYI/000509.0077.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639001772-4F9QMDPARDHXC2JB6K57/000114.0055.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639097068-BI8UHML5OFP7S4F0JELJ/040116.01515.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639059889-M7ORSVBODAF3VYR84KGX/991208.0022.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639039658-X9XUI1GI3G1036VBYYHT/020606.01010.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639109464-0HIC3CBP0U9R91FTRX8O/030725.01414.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639066544-NBPI1KKZ3TOQ3BP2GACG/991208.0011.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558638991989-R8SH10O0JK738A1PHXEU/000114.0044.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639050890-HGVMFCYTBCDNNG04A8BM/020614.01111.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639006181-KS136TWEIBY2Z04RRT5K/000505.0066.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639031867-EZEMHFSB64KVHUYT7KYI/010529.0099.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639058710-BRM2HGUKNDWW3V2VER5U/030129.01212.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558639108298-ZDOE6DGG4GS7AT4V7U5A/030513.01313.jpg Selected Work - Motion Picture Years https://www.dougcurran.photography/work/landing-jf6ta monthly 0.5 2026-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558542193808-7FQ3PQQTBAU4CBINH569/E.Saucer.jpg Selected Work - In Advance of the Landing Paul Eichenberg began building a shed for his lawnmower in 1983 and finished with his flying saucer. Chester,, Pennsylvania, 1988 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558542320368-JRQ8UM3G5CMQFK8096G9/saucerfield.jpg Selected Work - In Advance of the Landing Gene Highstein’s “Concrete Flying Saucer”, Highland Park, Illinois, 1983 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558470173492-YWZDZYPROETUB4ABG80Q/000912.002.jpg Selected Work - In Advance of the Landing Granger Taylor built his flying saucer on his parents farm and reported his communications with alien beings, telling friends that he would be joining the aliens on a long trip in their vehicle to outer space. In the night darkness of a severe thunderstorm, Granger disappeared without a trace. Duncan, British Columbia 1984. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558470235711-7EDUXLE35QJDYUPF8RQF/001002.009.jpg Selected Work - In Advance of the Landing Claude Vorilhon (aka Rael), founder of the Raelians, in front of a replica of the flying saucer that took him to outer space and meetings with the supreme being, Yahweh. Villancourt, Quebec, 1997. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558470173318-8U9986U9WCV09OKIZTXZ/000912.001.jpg Selected Work - In Advance of the Landing Al Thomas encountered Jesus Christ on a hillside in 1973, outside of Russelville, Arkansas and was commanded to build a flying saucer and fly around the world distributing food, medicine and the Bible. Russelville, Arkansas, 1985. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558470196698-RDR8TBM5AAEXTM1DYZCV/000912.004.jpg Selected Work - In Advance of the Landing Nodrog (aka O.T> Gordon) leads members preparing for “S Day” at the Time Ark Base of the Outer Dimensional Forces in Weslaco, Texas, 1986. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558470196786-E5GNWQH8UIZQ4ADGK2AA/000912.003.jpg Selected Work - In Advance of the Landing Diorama at Roswell Space Museum, depicting the crashed flying saucer of The Roswell Incident, 50th Anniversary, Roswell, New Mexico 1997. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558470216061-SQKVIDN89EH3ZAED5U4C/000912.005.jpg Selected Work - In Advance of the Landing John Shepherd converted his grandparents home into a UFO detection station to house his Project S.T.R.A.T., beaming music and electronic signals into space in hopes of contacting extraterrestrial life. Bellaire, Michigan 1983. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558470221487-WZQT31MMGC4P3CXZSLWX/000912.006.jpg Selected Work - In Advance of the Landing Ruth Norman “The Archangel Uriel”, heads The Unarius Society, preparing earthlings for the 32 spaceships of the Intergalactic Confederation. El Cajon, California, 1981. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558470224196-SCNGTBTF9YOE56B8J91C/001001.007.jpg Selected Work - In Advance of the Landing Orlando Toroni spends his nights tracking and signaling spaceships hiding behind satellites, using an aircraft signaling light. Orland, California 1977. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558470231060-S9HUBDN572GVEOQZKZSX/001001.008.jpg Selected Work - In Advance of the Landing Members of The Aetherius Society charging a Spiritual Battery to placed on hillsides where the stored energy will be directed by orbiting aliens to defeat catastrophic events around the world. Los Angeles, California, 1980. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558559607857-1TIO606A17EDAS33DPJ8/Project+Starlight.jpg Selected Work - In Advance of the Landing Project Starlight International creates light pattern sequences from a hidden location to attract UFOs flying overhead. North of Austin, Texas 1986. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558483832805-K9UWVEBDMN1R5H1X7I84/Bookcover.jpg Selected Work - In Advance of the Landing - In Advance of the Landing - Folk Concepts of Outer Space (Copy) In Advance of the Landing - Folk Concepts of Outer Space “In Advance of the Landing: Folk concepts of Outer Space”, 2nd edition hardcover Available from Amazon.com https://www.dougcurran.photography/work/moses-couldnt-draw-a-crowd-bzpzs monthly 0.5 2026-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558551282260-2UABMKC4ZCJE0RQAJGIQ/Biblethumpers1-2.jpg Selected Work - Moses Couldn't Draw a Crowd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558551419589-0OWE1K1CSXWIXRJ4MXD7/Biblethumpers3.jpg Selected Work - Moses Couldn't Draw a Crowd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558551317647-Q1I6GFEC4D92VT23DAAT/Biblethumpers1.jpg Selected Work - Moses Couldn't Draw a Crowd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558551551946-P39IKJXD6IETPR7FZLNE/Biblethumpers4.jpg Selected Work - Moses Couldn't Draw a Crowd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558551356905-ET2CETCDRFQ0QXVYF8FQ/Biblethumpers2.jpg Selected Work - Moses Couldn't Draw a Crowd https://www.dougcurran.photography/work/the-metis-settlements-of-alberta-xs328 monthly 0.5 2026-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1563404902045-FMN3LAU0BDV6U0EMN7SB/Metis1-2.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Spring storm, May 1982. Jack Ladouceur drawing drinking water from the shore of Buffalo Lake, Caslan Metis Settlement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554648506-GL85QPLF3UYD0XKTSQ29/Metis9.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Frank and Robert Pruden skinning a moose, Crooked Lake, Kikino Metis Settlement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554662447-3UWLUDI4DAA14KZMXZ01/Metis1.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Firefighters from Peavine Metis Settlement, Lubicon Lake fire, 1984 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554737934-6YS7YPTC851RIM3RRO51/Metis2.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Carpenters in apprentice training program, Caslan Metis Settlent 1982 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554766008-FYJ8VX9RM60W5UP89HAJ/Metis4.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Gift Lake Metis Settlement 1985 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554783284-ROQN3B181NA2ZZEC0CEC/Metis5.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Walter and Rose Anderson from Fishing Lake at Paddle Prairie Rodeo, Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement 1981. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554807177-0EJW9RQ6HJM2JF14LYR6/Metis6.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Living room at Pat and Ilene Swann’s house, Elizabeth Metis Settlement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554822833-EHZ1B431676YK1PNSSLL/Metis7.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Adolphus Ghostkeeper, 88, Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement, 1981 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554837790-G5MEQ7PASK576W3FVI0H/Metis8.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Girl from Paddle Prairie, waitress at Keg River Cabins, south of Paddle Prairie, 1981. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554857684-HJ9VQZUSCNB5R7XWBWT6/Metis12.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Adrian Hope, rodeo rider, poet, heading to Lac La Biche hospital, Kikino Settlement 1983. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1565379662296-MOE5GDLN8JTXJDAFAEFY/Breakfast+at+Walter+%26+Rose+Anderson%27s+with+Walt+Anderson-Fishing+Lake.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Breakfast at Walter and Rose Andersons’ with brother Matt Anderson. Fishing Lake Settlement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1565379736405-XLHY4UVQ7STKV4N3L5B3/Elizabeth+Stlmnt.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Elizabeth Settlement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1565379819200-EWUC9K83CN60PMPXXU1V/Frank+and+Russell+Collins+in+their+barn-Elizabeth+Stlmnt.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Frank and Russell Collins in their barn. Elizabeth Settlement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1565379779523-DGNB3T206V66IB3E89TP/Tea+break+-+Lubicon+Lake+Fire.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Tea break, firefighters from Gift lake Settlement, Lubicon lake fire, Alberta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1565379862038-I2P7FYJEBSYJ452K5H8B/Firefighter+from+Gift+Lake%2C+Red+Earth%3ALubicon+Lake+fire.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Firefighter from Gift Lake, mop up operations. Lubicon Lake fire, Red Earth, Alberta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1565379903533-C4VO53ZL0WUCPCPPV47S/Gladys+Pruden+preparing+moose+meat+-+Kikino.jpg Selected Work - The Metis Settlements of Alberta Rose Pruden preparing moose meat for dinner. Kikino Settlement. https://www.dougcurran.photography/work/no-somos-nada-we-are-nothing-c8skj monthly 0.5 2026-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1779662531272-OHP57FQN00V1AGY3HMWI/image-asset.jpeg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Samuel Menendez, near Mulege, Baja Sur (Copy) Samuel Menendez, near Mulege, Baja Sur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1666638327795-QW0ACQ2TOLJ7JGRFMYEJ/190102.001.jpg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Hugo Martin, truck driver, Km. 177, Santa Rosalia (Copy) Hugo Martin, truck driver, Km. 177, Santa Rosalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558553600774-TO2E1QNINHLVKC2BZW1Q/190103.003.jpg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Omar's guitar, near Punta Prieta (Copy) Omar's guitar, near Punta Prieta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554014109-ZJ83XO6V79T805PKKFKP/190103.004.jpg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - 'Gigio' , north of Santa Rosalio (Copy) 'Gigio' , north of Santa Rosalio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554043691-EO8MJFT6KDA2RGC7CGMO/190127.011.jpg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Memorial for cyclists, "Materiales Sanchez", El Cententario (Copy) Memorial for cyclists, "Materiales Sanchez", El Cententario https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554283882-05SP56FRJVYZIXMQWXB6/190103.002.jpg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Unnamed driver, near El Rosario (Copy) Unnamed driver, near El Rosario https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554316327-4YKNYW3Y1NB5XP99FL6G/190113.005.jpg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Near Ligui (Copy) Near Ligui https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554331408-56M21DN34P1ABKR7VDFP/190113.006.jpg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - "El Chipiton Dieguez" / Paul Vieguez Santos, Sea of Cortez, south of Loreto (Copy) "El Chipiton Dieguez" / Paul Vieguez Santos, Sea of Cortez, south of Loreto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554374461-EFSIA75JWGDVV13UW8V9/190113.007.jpg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Near Puerto Escondido / Sea of Cortez (Copy) Near Puerto Escondido / Sea of Cortez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554410844-7VASR9FE42VC3ESAGEL4/190116.008.jpg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Toward Villa Insurgentes (Copy) Toward Villa Insurgentes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554481035-LPR5HCEHRSO0SYOBOF2J/190116.009.jpg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Between Villa Insurgentes and Cuidad Constitucion (Copy) Between Villa Insurgentes and Cuidad Constitucion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554519506-ZSSI2XTMTYG9DVK22Y8O/190116.010.jpg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Adriana Gonzalez Cuadras, Cuidad Constitucion (Copy) Adriana Gonzalez Cuadras, Cuidad Constitucion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554539771-4SIC3DU7MEB4CETF9H39/190201.012.jpg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558554558134-5MV5YQ5TQFGM1BZ7IYKK/190201.013.jpg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1666642255879-JH9N5G8UKQ0LGB1E3YMZ/image-asset.jpeg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Nicho for Hector Enrique Nino De Rivera, south of El Rosario (Copy) Nicho for Hector Enrique Nino De Rivera, south of El Rosario https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1666644548115-EA4TAT37KA4XC1O19G70/image-asset.jpeg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Our Lady Guadalupe of the Rock, La Condoral (Copy) Our Lady Guadalupe of the Rock, La Condoral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1666640628813-TCLW134DC866QBBEC2TY/image-asset.jpeg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Roadside shrine, Sierra La Giganta, south of Loreto (Copy) Roadside shrine, Sierra La Giganta, south of Loreto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1666642354503-RLE35RHO43O0207K5MNI/image-asset.jpeg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Sister's shrine, west of San Bartolo (Copy) Sister's shrine, west of San Bartolo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1666643553861-DZT0BKQC5OBJ3JMSIWDB/image-asset.jpeg Selected Work - "No Somos Nada / We are Nothing Memory and Death on the Baja Highway - Child Saint Atocha, Patron saint of injured travellers, San Pedro, s. of La Paz (Copy) Child Saint Atocha, Patron saint of injured travellers, San Pedro, s. of La Paz https://www.dougcurran.photography/work/the-elephant-has-four-hearts-wac7d monthly 0.5 2026-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558637106287-BQMGBCVPCHX9YV4DKBZW/040531.0013.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts “Kapoli” / ‘to stand up from hoeing’ emerging from sacred pool. Kapoli's friendly appearance in the village announces the imminent performance of Gule Wamkulu/the Great Dance. Heyshott Farm, Zimbabwe 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558389354726-DCFRIVIVWEO9LU06A73G/Tidyenawo.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts "Tidyenawo” / ‘let’s eat together’ Chatewa village, Kachindamoto District, Malawi 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558389156479-KDS0UZ15AIEL4C6GXI5W/Chimbano.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts “Chimbano” / ‘the big trap’ A cross between a crocodile and a bull, Chimbano’s name derives from ‘kubana’ (to steal) and his fierce teeth ‘kupana’ (a trap). His blackened face symbolizes death, while his large horns indicate his power, but also his indulgences with sorcery. Chimbano courts death and misfortune upon the village by failing to observe the ritual ‘coolness’ of the sexual abstinence and morality surrounding burial and mourning rituals. Kudzoye village, Dedza District, Malawi 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558546995541-UCCSCN8CH3TB3Q9GH68G/080418.0022.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts "Kanid Yamaluna" Galu Onenengi village, Dowa district, Malawi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558547010151-9QAAL2FP60VV4FGH211S/080417.0012.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts “Pedegu” / ‘the deaf orphan’ Pedegu is unable to provide for himself as he paid no attention (was deaf) to the teachings of his elders and now, orphaned and forlorn, is incompetent and impotent, loudly mocked by the village women. Kalindiza village, Kachindamoto District, Malawi 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558389254264-Y8JATV9YLF5VYQYJRAUJ/Ndapita+Ku+Maliro.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts “Ndapita ku maliro, nkhuku mutsekele” / ‘I went to the funeral, lock up the chicken’ Representing a toothless old man with bulging cheeks and walking stick, Ndapita… warns young people of the village to observe the "mwambo", the traditional rules of ritual coolness during the time of funeral rites, lest they create conditions of “ndulo”, a wasting sickness caused by ‘cutting’ the rules of culture and abstention from sexual activity during the burial period in order to allow the deceased a smooth transition into the ancestor World of the Dead. Lunguzi village, Kachindamoto District, Malawi 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558389097929-H58RCSGOECDE3W0VRQF8/Apatakasi.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts "Apatakasi" / 'the Portuguese slaver' Apatakasi marks the onset of slavery for the Chewa people, at the same time the holes in his face represent the arrival of syphilis, brought to Africa from the New World. Hatcliffe, Harare, Zimbabwe 1997 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558389103975-X9KX0TFVJYDR0J7JPBDC/Chembe.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558389158918-RS1DY199GZ5I37GSMSMF/Chintabwa.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts "Chintabwa" reinforces rules governing sexual relations, especially with menstruating women and the need for modesty and avoiding "ndulo". Tembetembe village, Kachindamoto, Malawi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558389203755-WG8OKIRF7QMRNO35AQFZ/Kondola.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts "Kundola" / 'from Ndola'. As the Chewa response to external pressures, the masks of nyau also transform to reflect the impacts on Chewa culture. Kundola, tells the story of a young man returning from labour in the copper mines of Ndola, Zambia, but the protrusions on his face reveal his affliction with sexual disease. He has power and money, symbolized by his horns, but they are twisted, unhealthy. Formerly, Kundola was known as "Msakabeywa", the boastful hunter who returns not with "nyama" (meat), but only mice. Mthembanji village, Kachindamoto, Malawi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558389297000-6Q1ORNVQS94B0QCFQ5PA/Woiepa+Sakwea.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts "Woiepa Sakwea" / 'born ugly must not be sad' To be born ugly is not an excuse to be unhappy or unpleasant. Harmony within the Chewa family household and village is essential. Kalindiza village, Kachindamoto, Malawi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558389304061-U62PD5IMHKNERJ1H62DN/Tseka++Zipi.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558389359761-D02AYQLJ734BCTSB751L/Simoni.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558389397468-XYAXLUSE07K2TLSMPGFR/Ndapita_Kalindiza.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558637362088-WEYPKDDJ62XPGNVYZRAH/060421.0013.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e6ad883b8e00019e1395/1558546993225-5BD6YO9O353QH42QQVQ5/080418.0032.jpg Selected Work - The Elephant has Four Hearts