Reflections of Our Homeland
Rex Lucas’s Reflections of Our Homeland is a
photographic journey of the Republic of Guyana, an English-speaking nation on
the mainland of South America. The
photographer Lucas presents a book with captivating images of the capital city
Georgetown, Essequibo, Bartica, Mazaruni, Potaro, and Kaieteur. In capturing one people, one nation, and one
destiny, Lucas showed the country’s indigenous peoples, afro and indo-Guyanese,
as well as Europeans, and Chinese. There
is a picture of the first pre-service batch of student-teachers (1963–1965),
and Roman Catholic and Anglican Schools, and many smaller villages. There was extensive picture coverage of local
homes, churches, mosques, and temples in the countryside.
Images adorn its pages of the poor and poverty-stricken
in the streets of Georgetown. Readers
could see the landmark buildings, and other local structures including, the Guyana
Bank of Trade and Industry, Victoria Law Courts, City Hall Complex, and the
National Insurance Building in Brickdam.
Other sights included the Square of the Revolution, a Statue of Queen
Victoria, and Independence Arches in La Penitence, the Kissing Bridge, Seven
Ponds, and the Band Stand at the Botanical Gardens on Vlissengen Road.
Color pictures showed tropical trees on Lamaha and
Main Streets, benabs – gathering places by the seawall, Georgetown YMCA, statue
of Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow on the premises of the Public Building, Guyana
State House, president David Granger, politicians and ambassadors, and the
popular Stabroek Market Square. There
are beautiful flowers depicted from Linden, Essequibo, and Bartica, a variety
of colorful birds, lots of animals, and the raising of Guyana’s flag at
midnight on May 26th, 2016 when the country became Independent. This photographic manual will serve as an
excellent reference to the historical, political, social, and cultural aspects
of the country.
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