Wendell Manwarren, Jeffrey Chock, Stanton Kewley and Roger Roberts in front of Jeffrey’s house on Clifford Street, Belmont, Trinidad
Episode #6 arrives a day late courtesy of the carnival week frenzy, which is not to say the show is without substance. Au contraire: in the final episode in the cut+clear carnival 2009 series, the members of 3canal and I visit with photographer, carnival connoisseur and Belmont native Jeffrey Chock at his home on Clifford Street for a chat about the carnival of yesteryear, the philosophical underpinnings of the changes taking place in today’s version of the festival, and—naturally—the experience of photographing one of the world’s most visually spectacular events.
This week’s 3canal track: “Paradise” remixed by Keshav Chandradath Singh
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This is my favourite of the series. I’d love to hear a longer interview with Jeffrey one of these days.
Happy Carnival!