Scott Holcomb's photos with the keyword: Sedgwick Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

While strolling through the museum exhibits I stumbled across a Yaksha, the devilish giant that once stood guard outside a Thai Buddhist temple. He was one of the demon soldiers of the army of Ravana, serving the king of Lanka in the Ramayana. In spite of his confident and fierce appearance, he looked very lonely and out of place, far away from his familiar monkey warrior comrades and nowhere near the familiar chedi or stupa that honored the Buddha in his distant homeland. This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Ilford Delta 3200 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

I came across this Malangan figurine from New Ireland in Papua New Guinea while touring the Sedgwick Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge. Since I have some Irish ancestors, I thought that I would see if we have anything in common . . . This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Ilford Delta 3200 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

The Haida Totem Pole marks the edge of the clan’s property, indicating the division of land among clans of the village and serve as indicators to passersby the identity of the family living in the clan house. This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Ilford Delta 3200 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

Normally, museum visits are sedate affairs as visitors view the exhibits. I experienced quite the opposite, however, as I toured the Sedgwick Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge. Calmly, I strolled through the various galleries featuring a wide global array of cultural artifacts. As I turned around I was suddenly face-to-face with a vicious monster. Sheer panic blurred the events of the next few moments, but it appears that I instinctively pushed the shutter of my camera and captured the attack on film. I believe that I may have broken all personal speed records in my rapid retreat. My heart pace speeds up just looking at the image! This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Ilford Delta 3200 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop