Some of the images are from the Rites of Life project, but I will also show other photographs, for example one that I took shortly after the Easter celebrations, when I accompanied my hostess Karen Utsi on a trip by reindeer sled across the Finnmarksvidda plateau. We were moving some reindeer to the main herd in time for the spring migration. What a fabulous experience to be traveling in this slow, age-old manner across the snow-covered tundra. But when returning to Kautokeino we instead traveled fast by snowmobile, and the same distance that had taken two days by reindeer sled now took slightly less than three hours, a very good illustration as to why the snowmobile has revolutionized life for the Saami.

On 15 December, the Rites of Life indoor exhibition opens at Volkswagen Automobil Forum Unter den Linden in Berlin. The exhibition, which in German is called ”Riten des Lebens”, will be on show until 29 January 2012.

The indoor exhibition Rites of Life opens at Volkswagen Automobil Forum Unter den Linden in Berlin on 15 December, 2011. The exhibition, which in German is called ”Riten des Lebens”, will be on show until 29 January, 2012.

www.volkswagenag.com/content/afb/content/de/veranstaltungen/riten.html

The winner of one of the fine art prints, which were on display during the exhibition at Varberg Fortress, Sweden, is Linus Andersson who lives in Bagarmossen, Sweden. His chosen picture, ”Sleeping pilgrim in Varanasi, India”, will be sent to him shortly.

Each participant chose a picture he or she would like to have in case of winning the draw. Linus Andersson’s choice was a picture taken by Anders Ryman during a visit to Varanasi, India, to document the local cremation rituals.

On 19 November, the exhibition Rites of Life opens at the Museum of Work in Norrköping, Sweden.

Production Anders Ryman Exhibitions in cooperation with Upplandsmuseet and Stiftelsen framtidens kultur. The exhibition at the Museum of Work is supported by Skandia.

Exhibition period: 19 November, 2011 – 11 March, 2012

OPENING CEREMONY
Saturday 19 November, 2011, at 2 pm

• Johanna Haverlind, director of exhibitions at the Museum of Work, bids the visitors welcome
• Bengt Norborg from Swedish Television officially opens the exhibition
• Photographer Anders Ryman signs his book Rites of Life

Welcome!

The winner of one of the fine art prints, which were on display during the open-air exhibition in London, is Susana Alves Leal who lives in Berlin, Germany. Her chosen picture, ”Hamar man with ostrich feather”, will be sent to her shortly.

Each participant in the lottery chose a picture he or she would like to have in case of winning the draw. Susana Alves Leals’ choice was a picture taken by Anders Ryman during a visit to the Hamar people in southwestern Ethiopia to document the local wedding rituals.

Some scenes from the Rites of Life open-air exhibition in London, 1 July – 6 September 2011.

The winner of one of the fine art prints, which were on display during the open-air exhibition at Stortorget Square in Malmö, Sweden, is Joakim Lindfors who lives in Malmö. His chosen picture, ”Sleeping pilgrim in Varanasi, India”, will be sent to him shortly.

1,606 people took part in the free lottery, the prize of which was a numbered fine art print signed by Anders Ryman. Each participant chose a picture he or she would like to have in case of winning the draw.

Joakim Lindfors’ choice was a picture taken by Anders Ryman during a visit to Varanasi, India, to document the local cremation rituals.

Everywhere people mark the decisive moments when they pass from one stage in life to another. For more than seven years photographer Anders Ryman has travelled the world documenting such rituals.
The picture: Saami confirmees at their first communion in Kautokeino, Norway. Read more >>

Everywhere people mark the decisive moments when they pass from one stage in life to another. For more than seven years photographer Anders Ryman has travelled the world documenting such rituals.
The picture: A Sunrise dance on the San Carlos Apache Reservation, Arizona. Read more >>