Photographs of the Landscape Across All Four Geographic Regions including the capital Georgetown
See Guyana’s four geographic regions – the coastland, the hilly sandy area, the forest, and the savannahs - in over 300 stunning photos  from Waini Point in the Northwest to Moleson Creek on the Corentyne and then scenes in the sandy area, the forested region, and the scenic Rupununi savannahs including the Pakaraimas. The captivating photos will leave you breathless on the beauty of Guyana – the rivers, the mountains, the lakes, the waterfalls, the forests, and others. Watch colonial architecture and other structures throughout the capital Georgetown and see the city in all its glory. Well chosen background music from Latin America add a colourful taste to this well-done documentary.

Guyana – A Photographic Journey

A Photojournal of the Guyanese Amerindians contains almost 300 captivating photographs that will give readers a visual journey into the everyday life and other issues of the nine Amerindian tribes currently living in Guyana:  Ackawaois, Arawaks, Arekunas, Caribs, Makushi, Patamona, Wai Wai, Wapishana, and Warrau.

This unique documentary captures such scenes as: the Barama Caribs, the different types of Amerindian dances; house building; making tasso; cultural activities; children travelling by canoes to school; Basil Rodrigues’s Mariaba band; the construction of the benab or Umana Yana by the Wais Wais in 1972; Rupununi cowboys or vacqueros in action; making the much-prized Wapishana hammock; village scenes; making food from the poisonous bitter cassava; fishing; and much more. The documentary covers these different aspects of life relating to Guyana’s indigenous peoples in the following 14 areas:

The Landscape; Popular Buildings; Everyday Life; Cultural Activities; Cattle Ranching; Food from Cassava; Farming; Fishing; Craft Work; School Activities; Transportation; Church Activities; Village Scenes; and the Early Explorers and Missionaries that helped shape Amerindian way of life over the years.

Feel the contribution of Amerindians and experience the beauty of the different environments in which they live through these photographs. As a bonus, there are colour maps showing their geographic distribution. Well chosen South American folk music forms the background to the splendid photographs. Relax and enjoy.

A Collection of Over 300  Stamps spanning 160 Years

Guyana, as British Guiana, was the nineteenth country in the world to begin issuing its own postage stamp in 1850, ten years after Great Britain issued the world’s first adhesive postage stamp in May 1840. This documentary, backed with appropriate music, captures those important stamps, including first-day issues, over those years. These stamps have helped shape Guyanese way of life and have instilled a great awareness of the country’s diversity, resources, anthropology, history, and geography in addition to being  a rich legacy of our heritage.

It has long been recognized that stamps serve as a recording media and source of information that illustrates the social, commercial, political, cultural, historical, geographical, and artistic aspects of a society in their own unique style. Using short and abstract text, color graphics and symbols on a limited surface area to communicate its contents is the key attribute that differentiates stamp from other non-book material. For this unique attribute, the stamp can be deemed both as a communication tool and a work of art.

In this carefully developed documentary, get a glimpse of those issues and notions that helped shape Guyanese way of thinking from colonial times right down to current day events. See the images of British monarchs like Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, and Elizabeth II on some of these stamps. Other members of the British royalty like the Duke of Edinburgh,  Prince Charles, the late Princess Diana are also featured on some of Guyana’s postage stamps.