Photography

Jostine Loubser in mid-ginga (sway) at the Manchester Capoeira Academy, July 2016.
Holly Marland in Studio 6 (University of Salford), with ethnomusicology student Tanya Jennings intently filming in the background.
Holly Marland in Studio 6 (University of Salford), with ethnomusicology student Tanya Jennings intently filming in the background.
At the top of this hill, in Santos, Brazil, the academy of Associação de Capoeira, Senzala de Santos rests -thus the name of the song 'Sobe o Morro'. Image by Tristan O Field.
At the top of this hill, in Santos, Brazil, the academy of Associação de Capoeira, Senzala de Santos rests -thus the name of the song ‘Sobe o Morro’. Image by Tristan O Field.
RNCM post-graduate student Jisun Youn on violin with Dr. Steve Kilpatrick as the sound engineer, Studio 2, University of Salford, January 2018
RNCM post-graduate student Jisun Youn on violin with Dr. Steve Kilpatrick as the sound engineer, Studio 2, University of Salford, January 2018
Double-bassist Michael Cretu recording with Holly Marland, January 2017
Double-bassist Michael Cretu recording with Holly Marland, January 2017
Teachers from Associação de Capoeira Conviver, Mestre Valdir da Silva, Monitora Vicky Conviver and Formada Francis Coyle, demonstrating some of the toques (rhythms) found in capoeira., Studio 6, University of Salford, January 2017.
Teachers from Associação de Capoeira Conviver, Mestre Valdir da Silva, Monitora Vicky Conviver and Formada Francis Coyle, demonstrating some of the toques (rhythms) found in capoeira., Studio 6, University of Salford, January 2017.
Steve Kilpatrick reflecting whilst recording Michael Cretu, January 2018
Steve Kilpatrick reflecting whilst recording Michael Cretu, January 2018
Michael Cretu and Steve Kilpatrick listening to takes in the control room of Studio 2 (University of Salford)., January 2018
Michael Cretu and Steve Kilpatrick listening to takes in the control room of Studio 2 (University of Salford)., January 2018
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Steve Kilpatrick and Alan Williams in discussion, Studio 6, University of Salford, January 2017
Steve Kilpatrick and Alan Williams in discussion, Studio 6, University of Salford, January 2017
Mestre Valdir da Silva demonstrating how to hold a berimbau: with your left hand - hook your little finger underneath the gourd string,rest the gourd against the 'foot' part of the palm of your hand and hold your pedra (stone) between your thumb and forefinger. In your right-hand: hook your caxixi (shaker) with two fingers so that it nestles in the palm of your hand and hold your vaqueta (also baqueta or 'playing stick') with your thumb, middlefinger and forefinger. ...and play!
Mestre Valdir da Silva demonstrating how to hold a berimbau: with your left hand – hook your little finger underneath the gourd string,rest the gourd against the ‘foot’ part of the palm of your hand and hold your pedra (stone) between your thumb and forefinger. In your right-hand: hook your caxixi (shaker) with two fingers so that it nestles in the palm of your hand and hold your vaqueta (also baqueta or ‘playing stick’) with your thumb, middlefinger and forefinger. …and play!
In order to be a good capoeirista you have to know how to make your own instruments. Here Monitor Colin (Capoeira Mocambo, North Wales) is constructing a caxixi (shaker), Capoeira Encontro, Spain, 2003.
In order to be a good capoeirista you have to know how to make your own instruments. Here Monitor Colin (Capoeira Mocambo, North Wales) is constructing a caxixi (shaker), Capoeira Encontro, Spain, 2003.
After hours of training and talking, a festa (party), with Mestre Chinaxé and Monitor Colin playing samba, Spain, September 2003.
After hours of training and talking, a festa (party), with Mestre Chinaxé and Monitor Colin playing samba, Spain, September 2003.
Saturday Roda at the Capoeira Encontro, Spain, September 2003.
Saturday Roda at the Capoeira Encontro, Spain, September 2003.
Holly Marland's hand placement on her kora.
Holly Marland’s hand placement on her kora.
Mestre Bahia, one of Associação de Capoeira, Senzala de Santos' (Brazil) most revered teachers. He passed away in April 2017.
Mestre Bahia, one of Associação de Capoeira, Senzala de Santos’ (Brazil) most revered teachers. He passed away in April 2017.
Mestre Valdir da Silva and some of his younger students at the Batizado (Baptism event) and 20 year anniversary of Capoeira Conviver, March, 2016
Mestre Valdir da Silva and some of his younger students at the Batizado (Baptism event) and 20 year anniversary of Capoeira Conviver, March, 2016
Image by Tristan O Field.
Image by Tristan O Field.