Omo Valley - Colour Portraits
A series of images from
across Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley, taken in late 2009, of individuals
that I met from the Hamer, Nyangatom, Karo, Mursi and
Banna communities. Although the Lower Omo Valley certainly receives the
most
attention from outsiders at this triangle of human diversity in Kenya,
Sudan, and Ethiopia, it is perhaps obvious why. The colours that
adorn individuals from these groups are striking; when viewed
away from the powerful, bleaching African sunlight they take on an
almost luminous effect.
Omo Valley - Portraits Part I
15 black and
white images from
across Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley, taken in late 2009, of individuals
that I met from the Hamer, Nyangatom, Karo, Mursi and
Banna communities.
Ethiopia (Omo Valley II & East/West Ethiopia)
A gallery of 20 black
and
white images including the Afar in eastern Ethiopia and the Nuer from the far west. The gallery also includes part II of the Lower Omo Valley work from the same communities as those
described above.
Namibia - Portraits
The Himba socieities in
Namibia's rugged Kaokoland region are visually unique, patricularly the
women who use ochre and
buttermilk to create a beautiful metallic sheen on their skin.
The skin glows an earthy, metallic red over a perfect brown base. It is
a colour and effect rarely ever seen elsewhere, with the exception of
small parts (i.e. the neck and hair) of the Hamer from the Omo Valley
in Ethiopia. The combination of colour and reflectivity of light on the
female Himba skin is an incredibly powerful vision; I hope that I
captured some of this in this series.
West
Africa
-
Portraits
Black
and
white
images
from
some
of
West
Africa's
most
remote
societies,
including the
Wodaabe and Fula in Niger, the Tuareg in Mali, The Tamberma in Togo and
Betammaribe in Benin.
A series that
illustrates some of the unique cultures of West Africa's most remote
groups. These
societies, most of which were almost entirely removed from the more
developed lifestyles of their fellow countrymen and women, share a
beauty and distinctiveness in their appearance that remains intact even
today.
Kenya
-
Portraits
Twenty images
from remote societies in the far north of Kenya,
including the Samburu, Rendille, Turkana and Pokot.
These images were gathered
from 6 weeks spent hitching through Kenya's arid and remote north. The
nomadic and semi-nomadic groups
featured in this series, in some cases engaged in armed conflicts with
each
other, share a beauty and vibrancy in their appearance that is similar
to the societies of Ethiopia's Omo Valley.
Beauty
Colour and Black &
White Images from Africa and Asia, including landscapes and animal
scenes from Namibia's Etosha National Park
Africa Portraits (2006)
Images from many of
Africa's most culturally distinct peoples, including the Bushmen and
Himba of Namibia, Kenyan Maasai and South Omo of Ethiopia.
