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The Mursi community are known for their use of flowers in their attire.
The feeling of the lower lips dangling and wobbling (from lip plates) against my cheeks as the Suri Tribe women kiss me around the campfire this evening was something I’ll never forget. The Mursi and Suri Tribe are one of the last African ethnic groups that still wear lip plates.
Ethiopia, tribes,Mursi, Mursi people, black & white Portrait of a Mursi woman in Mago National Park, South Omo. Blog: Dietmar Temps, travel photography Website: Dietmar Temps, photography
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Koeienbloed drinken of rituele duels behoren tot de traditionele gebruiken van de Surma-mannen. Scarificaties op borst en armen bewijzen hun moed en mannelijkheid. Jongeren en mannen lopen meestal nog naakt rond en hebben mooie beschilderingen op het lichaam en aangezicht. Vrouwen dragen grote lipschijven in hun onderlip als vorm van schoonheid. Zowel mannen als vrouwen hebben ook ronde schijfjes in hun oorlellen.
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The Mursi community are known for their use of flowers in their attire.
Omo Valley Ethiopia, Photo K Nomachi
Masuli, Suri teenager girl, Kibish, Omo valley, Ethiopia © Eric Lafforgue
German photographer Hans Silvester spent 5 years documenting the body art of the people of the Omo valley in Ethiopia. Using natural earth pigments with water, they paint themselves up to three times a day. Adding native leaves and plants to further enhance the designs.... Adornment of the body is nothing new! Many cultures use flowers and designs from nature in fashion. -Arcimbaldo And nature itself has been elevated to art. Fashion, nature and art are intertwined...influencing each other and morphing to make new designs and trends. Painted faces Silvester shows us timeless designs and colors. Images that are interpreted today through fashion and art. Similarities of past and present. The tilt of the head.... -Carravagio So reminiscent of a Bacchian painting. The stare of this girl...so powerful and mesmerizing... -Vermeer Art, nature and fashion......inseparable . Remember, nothing is new. Look around your home and find influences of past cultures....an oriental rug, accent pillow or antique incised picture frame..old as the earth, but re-interpreted by each generation!
Please note: some images here contain partial nudity. Mario Gerth is probably better know for his black and white photographic series of Africa and her people. And while those photographs are some of the most incredible you will see . . . something is lost when the color is removed. Africa is one of the
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Hana Mursi,south Ethiopia, in the only "hotel" available. In fact a brothel. As thousands of workers are sent in the Omo area by governments for giant plantations, prostitutes are also coming, and start to transmit AIDS and hepatitis to the local tribes. I met a local doctor who has started to test the tribes, and the first results are catastrophic... As the tribes still make scarifications as body decorations, sharing used razor blades, you can imagine what happens. Miss Saganash , on the picture asks 20 us dollars for a night, or 5 us dollars for 15 minutes. © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com
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Shooting strangers is one of the great thrills a street or travel photographer would look forward to. The faces which are uncommon, provoking a sudden response within you, unique and sharp features inside the face,
