Wednesday, December 9, 2015

New Portraits from the Omo Valley in Ethiopia

Karo tribe elder I  first met in 2009 and again in 2012
Karo guard at our camp by the Omo river
This senior Karo woman invited us to a goat barbecue
This elder from the Arbore tribe sold me the headrest he holds.
Arbore tribe boys with typical face paintings
Arbore girl with neck and ears decoration...
which they wear even during hard work
Hamer "first" wife with typical necklace
Hamer girl away from her village in Turmi
Young Hamer girl with necklaces and earring
Danasech tribe mother and kid with beer bottle cap decoration
Young Danasech girl with twig pinned by her lipA
Surma tribe body painting the village of Kibish
Surma kid, Kibish
at Kibish

Surma body painting , Kibish
Surma fighter with AK 47
Surma girl with earplate 
Niagatom warrior with feather in his hair
Niagatom mother with heavy necklaces
Young Morsi mother with iron rings hair dress
Young Morsi woman with fruit crown
Konso mother and baby 
Young Dorze woman spinning cotton at Chencha
Doris woman at her spinning instrument