Chazen Museum of Art

Photographer Phyllis Galembo has been intrigued by masquerade since childhood and for 20 years has traveled to Africa and the Caribbean to photograph the stunning costumes worn by traditional priests and priestesses, carnival participants, dancers and Haitian vodou practitioners. Seventeen eye-catching portraits, some as large as 50 by 50 inches, were taken in the West African nations of Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Benin over the past three years.