Memoirs of public figures, written by family members or (former) friends, are often as revealing about the person who wrote the memoir as about the purported subject. Or, to put it differently, such memoirs are really about the relationship between the subject and the writer. Paul Theroux’s Sir Vidia’s Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents... Continue Reading →
Caribbean Conversations – Errol Ross Brewster – Part II
Errol Ross Brewster - Stop Death from Malnutrition (1984) Here is part II of my conversation with Errol Ross Brewster. Part I can be found here. Veerle Poupeye:- You were born and raised at a time when Guyana was entering a period of political and ideological radicalism, which significantly impacted the course of the country... Continue Reading →
Caribbean Conversations: Errol Ross Brewster – Part I
The Brewsters, 1956, Kitty, Georgetown Here is the first part of a two part conversation with Errol Ross Brewster. Part II can be found here. Errol Brewster is a Caribbean artist from Guyana, living in the United States. With more than four decades of a Caribbean-wide, multimedia imaging practice, he has participated in multiple CARIFESTA’s;... Continue Reading →
Errol Ross Brewster – “Beware the Promise Today”
I am very pleased to be able to publish this photo essay by Errol Ross Brewster, as a first post on his work. It will be followed by a two-part interview with him (click here for part I). “BEWARE THE PROMISE TODAY” is a photo essay about the demise in Guyana, in the early 1970s,... Continue Reading →