CARNIVAL MASQUERADERS IN BROOKLYN

Saturday, October 9 - Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday: 11am - 6pm, Saturday: 12 - 6pm

**Opening Reception: Saturday, October 9, 6-8pm 
Skylight Gallery,
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation1368 Fulton Street, 3rd Floor (Bedford Stuyvesant)

This exhibition featured a photographic essay by Anthony Bonair that chronicles Carnival in Brooklyn from 1974 to 1994, showcasing examples of costumes and Carnival music alongside Mr. Bonair's images. Each photo investigates the intricacies of the brightly colored and beaded costumes of Mas-making traditions on view at Brooklyn's annual West Indian Day Parade. FREE!

Presented by Skylight Gallery with support from BAC

Contact: 718-636-6976 or restorationplaza.org 

BIOGRAPHY

Anthony Bonair emigrated from Trinidad, West Indies, to the United States in 1969. He studied photography with Roy DeCarava. His photographs have been published in Dance Magazine, Dance World, and various magazines and newspapers. He was included in An Illustrated Bio-Bibliography of Black Photographers 1940-88, by Deborah Willis Thomas, published in 1989 by Garland Publishing. In addition to exhibiting his work in several New York City galleries, he has served as curator of several outstanding photography exhibits. His photography experience spans almost 35 years. As a photographer, Anthony possesses an unyielding creative energy and a consistently positive attitude toward life and art, which is evident in the dynamic spirit of his work. Anthony's photographic repertoire captures an broad array of feelings that awaken the senses: the rhythmic movement of dance; the candid moment of a portrait; the lively bacchanal of carnival; the despair and celebration of the streets; experimental abstracts; and his most recent innovation - combining multiple images in one negative. The style that Anthony has developed is one of versatility and vitality. He seduces the onlooker with his own unique vision of the world.