Phyllis Galembo (born 1952)[1] is an American photographer living in New York City.
She has published seven monographs, including, Sodo (2021), Mexico: Masks, Rituals (2019), Maske (2016), Dressed for thrills: 100 years of Halloween costumes & masquerade (2002), Divine inspiration: from Benin to Bahia (1993), Vodou: visions and voices of Haiti (1998), and Pale Pink (1983).
Galembo was a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow in 2014, as well as a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in 2016, 2010, and 1996, and received a Senior Fulbright Research Award in 1993–94.
Education
She earned an MFA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1977.[2]
Publications
Pale pink (1983)
Aso-ebi, Cloth of the Family (1997), sponsored by New York Council for the Arts
Divine inspiration: from Benin to Bahia (1993, 1998)[3]
Dressed for thrills: 100 years of Halloween costumes & masquerade (2002)[4]
1993: Divine Inspiration: From Benin To Bahia, Photographs By Phyllis Galembo,
International Center of Photography. Work illustrating the religious traditions of Nigeria and the spiritual practices of Brazil introduced from Africa via the slave trade.[15]
1998: Kings, Chiefs, and Women of Power: Images from Nigeria, American Museum of Natural History[16]