"The Last Warriors"
February/March 1998
They gathered around our base camp before the blazing Ethiopian sun parched the savanna. This region of low mountains covered with acacia and cacti, between the lakes of Stephanie and Turkana, is home to the Hamer tribe of Gema Gofu Province.
The Hamar are considered the most beautiful in East Africa, an agro-pasturalist tribe...
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"Ladies Of The Mist"
Popularly known as'Land of the Dawn-lit-Mountains', Arunachal Pradesh is India's remotest state, and the first Indian soil to greet the rising sun. In the fall of 2002, I had been hiking through the misty hills, photographing sparkling rivers, gurgling waterfalls and cane bridges of this incredible land. My guide assured me that there were still a...
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"Burden Of Beauty"
I did not expect to encounter the Padaung tribe on my trip to Burma (now called Myanmar) in the winter of 2001. I had photographed the Kayan earlier in Thailand. You have to pay a hefty entrance fee where the Kayan have found dubious refuge in the artificial tourist villages along the borders. Often referred to as the Long Neck Karen, the women are...
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"Children Of The Horn"
Changjiao Miao people live in the mountains 2,000 meters above sea level in 12 villages located close to each other with a total population of 4,000. I travelled to Guizhou China in the fall of 2008 and my main goal was to visit this fascinating culture. On a typical day, the women simply wrap their hair behind their head around a sharp-ended woode...
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"People of the Taboo"
At the end of the rainy season in September, Wodaabe clans gather in several traditional locations before the beginning of their dry season migration. The best known of these is In-Gall's Cure Salée salt market and Tuareg seasonal festival. Here the young Wodaabe men, with elaborate make-up, feathers and other adornments, perform the Yaake: dances...
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