Fascinating Humanity

Wodaabe Nomad girl of Niger’s Sahel. All dressed up, she is standing among the spectators of a yakey dance, which is at once a male...

Wodaabe Nomad girl of Niger’s Sahel. All dressed up, she is standing among the spectators of a yakey dance, which is at once a male bea...

Wodaabe Nomad girl of Niger’s Sahel. All dressed up, she is standing among the spectators of a yakey dance, which is at once a male beaut...

Yanomami man of Brazil’s Amazon rain To view more Yanomami photos on this blog, write the word in the search box. All the phot...

Yanomami man of Brazil’s Amazon rain forest laughing under the cover of a piece of anteater’s fur. A wad of chewing tobacco shows throug...

. Yanomami man of Brazil’s Amazon rain forest. A wad of chewing tobacco keeps his mouth open. To view more Yanomami photos on this ...

  Yanomami Woman of Brazil’s Amazon rain forest. Aren’t her eyes heavy with wisdom? To view more Yanomami photos on this blog, write...

Yanomami woman of Brazil’s Amazon rain forest. In 1982 I spent a month sharing her people’s lives and a place at one of their fires...

At 18, looking ahead to a long exciting life. Today, much of that life is behind me. Not so my quest for the lesser-known me...

Yanomami Indian of Brazil’s Amazon rain forest holding a bow and arrows. His hair is covered with bird down To view more Yanomami phot...

Overwhelmed by Niger’s Sahel midday heat, a Tuareg girl of the Illebakan vassal caste rests under her family’s leather tent. Like car...

Tuareg woman sitting inside her tent near Tchin Tabaraden in Niger’s Sahel. To view more Tuareg photographs on this blog, write the w...

Tuareg women don’t hide behind veils of false modesty. They look men straight in the eyes. Though Moslem, they belong to a Berber matria...

High-caste Tuareg women resting inside a leather tent in Niger's Sahel. Male and female servants do the work. To view more Tu...

The blinding sun is burning out Niger’s Sahara Desert behind a Tuareg man and his daughter, of the noble Kel Rela tribe, resting under ...

Out of the scorching midday sun of Niger’s Sahara’s Tamesna region, a Tuareg man and his   baby take a nap under their leather tent. ...

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 dau...

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

In a tight embrace, a loving Noanama couple is watching the Docord ó River flow below from the height of their stilted hut in Colombia...

Kuna Indian mother and daughter sitting in a hammock inside their hut in Colombia’s Choco rain forest along the Gulf of Uraba. To vie...