Photographer Jimmy Nelson set out to search for the worlds last indigenous cultures. With the goal to document these rapidly disappearing communities for future generations. Before They Pass Away. - beforethey/ - This is the 1st cut of one of the episodes of the potential TV series Before They Pass Away - the making of. In this episode photographer Jimmy Nelson and his team travel to Vanuatu Islands. Out of the chain of 83 islands, they visited 5 and portrayed a tribe on each island. PHOTOGRAPHER OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE Jimmy Nelson (Sevenoaks, Kent, 1967) started working as a photographer in 1987. Having spent 10 years at a Jesuit boarding school in the North of England, he set off on his own to traverse the length of Tibet on foot. The journey lasted a year and upon his return his unique visual diary, featuring revealing images of a previously inaccessible Tibet, was published to wide international acclaim. Soon after, he was commissioned to cover a variety of culturally newsworthy themes, ranging from the Russian involvement in Afghanistan and the ongoing strife between India and Pakistan in Kashmir to the beginning of the war in former Yugoslavia. In early 1994 he and his Dutch wife produced Literary Portraits of China, a 30 month project that brought them to all the hidden corners of the newly opening Peoples Republic. Upon its completion the images were exhibited in the Peoples Palace on Tiananmen Square, Beijing, and then followed by a worldwide tour. From 1997 onwards Jimmy began to successfully undertake commercial advertising assignments for many of the worlds leading brands. At the same time he started accumulating images of remote and unique cultures photographed with a traditional 50-year-old plate camera. Many awards followed. When he started to successfully and internationally exhibit and sell these images, this created the subsequent momentum and enthusiasm for the initiation of Before they Pass Away. A Jimmy Nelson pictures BV production concept & photography- Jimmy Nelson assistant photography- Hannelore Vandenbussche assistant photography/film- Bram Vis project director- Frans Van Hapert curator- Narda Vant Veer text- Mark Blaisse coordinator- Chantal Kartarm produced by- Powerstation created by- Klemens Werner studio-camera- Dennis Fuhro studio-camera- Klemens Werner shoot on- Red Epic created on- Avid Ds Nitris & Softimage compositing & cutting unit 1- Klemens Werner cutting unit 2- Dennis Fuhro cutting unit 3- Gregor Skowronek cutting-assistant- Sammy Werner film script by- Merk Blaisse insert script by- Jimmy Nelson musicproduction by- Powerstation & Push Music soundscore by- Klemens Werner & Alex White main-title by- Klemens Werner maintitle supported by- Rocco main mood orchestra sound-edits- Klemens Werner & Bobby Benz mix & mastering- Klemens Werner & Bobby Benz 3d animation- Raphael Raul footage stabilizing- Philipp West design of the maps- Myriam Weber studio scenes- Molino Area the voice- Mark Blaisse very special thanks to- Bernhard Burgener
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