Friday, February 27, 2015

Sahara: Resting Tuareg Mother And Daughter


The midday heat of Niger’s Sahel chased a Tuareg mother and daughter under their leather tent for a nap, the mother on her bed, her daughter on the sand.  Their arms are dyed dark blue from shiny pieces of clothing, like the girl's indigo head dress, whose color comes off as if from carbon paper.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Colombia: Noanama Boy Under The Spell Of A Forest Vault


While his father went into the forest to get some plantain bananas, this Noanama boy feeds his patience studying Colombia’s Choco rain forest’s canopy.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Colombia: Loving Noanama Couple Of The Chocó Rain Forest


In a tight embrace, a loving Noanama couple is watching the Docordó River flow below from the height of their stilted hut in Colombia’s Chocó  rain forest
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Colombia: Kuna Mother And Daughter


Kuna Indian mother and daughter sitting in a hammock inside their hut in Colombia’s Choco rain forest along the Gulf of Uraba.
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Saturday, February 21, 2015

Colombia: Atrato River Market At Quibdo


Plantain, manioc, sugarcane, coconuts, and pineapples are changing hands in Quibdo, at an Afro-American market on the Atrato River in Colombia’s Choco, a rain forest region and department bordering  the Pacific Coast.
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Colombia: Atrato River Market At Quibdo


 Plantain, manioc; sugarcane, coconuts, and pineapples are changing hands in  Quibdo, at an Afro-American market on the Atrato River in Colombia’s Choco, a rain forest region and department bordering the Pacific Coast.
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Monday, February 9, 2015

Colombia: Market Day Activity At Puerto Tejada

In this 1974 photograph, Colombia’s Puerto Tejada’s market activity , in the Cauca Department, is spilling over surrounding streets.
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Sunday, February 8, 2015

Ethiopia: Asaita Street Scene


In Asaita, a village of Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression, a pack camel tied to a dilapidated truck awaits its Danakil nomad master patiently. The man is buying a few things in one of the shops surrounding the central square. The houses are all built of lava blocks.
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Saturday, February 7, 2015

Ethiopia: Danakil Council Under A Lava Rock


In Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression, a small group of Danakil nomads holds a council under a rock. One of the men holds a goat by a rope.
     The Danakil Depression, part of the Great Rift Valley, is the world’s hottest region. It’s an inferno of active volcanoes, black lava fields as far as the eyes can see, vast salt lakes, and sulfur sources whose oxidation from yellow to green and brown are among this phenomenon’s few colors. And yet, it is of gripping beauty.
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Friday, February 6, 2015

Niger: Wodaabe Nomads’ Love For Their Cattle Is Reciprocated


The Wodaabe nomads of Niger’s Sahel treat and love their zebus like pets, giving each of them a name. They raise them for status, not for the butcher. Which is why this cow acts like a dog, licking its owner. Like dogs, too, Wodaabe zebus follow their owners on the march like children following a teacher. They cause no need to be prodded from behind.
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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Algeria: Biskra Street Scene

Algeria’s Biskra’s deep shade that hid me while I shot the 1969 picture of my last post allowed me this second shot.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Algeria: Biskra's light And Shadow


Street scene in Algeria’s Biskra.
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Algeria: A Ghardaia Oasis Busy Street

While the Sahara Desert’s sun shines brightly outside, a street of Algeria’s Ghardaia Oasis is shaded by wide pieces of fabric stretching between walls. The blue sky bathes the street in its own color.
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Monday, February 2, 2015

Algerian Sahara: Irrigating A Palm Grove

 In Algeria’s Kerzaz Oasis, a Harratin man pulls water from a deep well with a bucket balanced by poles weighed down with stones at their ends. He pours the water into a metallic canal that irrigates the palm grove surrounding him.
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Sunday, February 1, 2015

Algeria. Shawia Berber Courtyard in Aurès Mountains


A courtyard separates several Shawia Berber houses in Algeria’s Aurès Mountains, part of the Saharan Atlas.
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