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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...

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: danc...

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 Hamar tribe of Gema Gofu Province. The Hamar are considered the most beautiful in East Africa, an agro-pastoralist tribe skilled in pottery, b...