Travel Portraits—Week 14 Gallery
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- The last headhunters.
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- The last headhunters.
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- The Nagas of North-Eastern India were once ferocious headhunters. Though it sounds like a form of institutionalized violence, the ritual was intrinsically linked with fertility, status and marking of adulthood. With the advent of proselytizing Christian missionaries, head hunting gradually declined with the last incidents recorded in the 60's. The last living headhunters are all more than 80 years old now and will surely disappear in another ten years. They are easily identifiable by their distinct facial tattoo, an honor which only someone who had taken a head was entitled to.
Photo and caption by ayan ghosh
Location: Mon, Nagaland, India
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- The Lost Boys
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- The Lost Boys
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- Just outside Ta Prohm, a famous temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia, three young boys performed a choreographed song and dance in hopes that tourists would give them some change. They were lacking enthusiasm and their attention was waning, but their lackluster attitudes made the show far more endearing.
Photo and caption by Andrea Joynt
Location: Siem Reap, Cambodia
Category: Travel Portraits
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- Introspection
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- Introspection
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- I have always had a fascination with windows. The images they frame look different to each person, and what one chooses to see reflects their entire being – their emotions, their worries, their soul. In this remote village in the Lori region of Armenia, life has treated its subjects harshly, but a quick look out the window seems to provide an escape from life’s many troubles. This photograph reminds me that sometimes we must look into the window of ourselves to understand this complicated world.
Photo and caption by Nar Gulvartian
Location: A remote village in the Lori region of Armenia
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- Hindu Untouchable ~ Woman of Grace
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- Hindu Untouchable ~ Woman of Grace
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- A family of Hindu Untouchables, living in the forest, were provided several acres of land & a small home in the mountains of Manku, Nepal by the MountainFund.org. While I could not speak Nepalese, she was a gracious and loving host. This photograph was taken after she had prepared dinner and took a few moments to sit quietly & meditate. Shortly after this photo was taken, the room was transformed from the kitchen/dining area to sleep a family of four on mats made by hand. I was blessed to have them touch my life & I wanted to share her with the world to thank her for her hospitality & grace.
Photo and caption by Diane Cashin
Location: Manku, Nepal
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- Super Enerji
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- Super Enerji
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- Taken on my road trip through Turkey.
Photo and caption by Michelle Brandemuehl
Location: Cappadocia, Turkey
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- Sunset near the Ho Chi Minh Trail
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- Sunset near the Ho Chi Minh Trail
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- The end of another hot day at the start of this harvest season as a farmer begins his long walk back home with his invaluable water buffalo in tow.
Photo and caption by Jesus Davis
Location: Phong Nha, Northern Central Vietnam.
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- Shaft Of Light
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- Shaft Of Light
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- This photograph was taken in the house of the two ladies in a rural village. Daylight streamed through the window to provide light in the house. When natural light is unavailable, wood fire is lit to provide light and warmth.
Photo and caption by G Huin
Location: Shangri-la, Yunnan China
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- Father
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- Father
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- I spent a day with him and his wife, telling them things about Singapore where I previously spent three months. I had all their attention. Their son migrated to Singapore two years ago to work in construction. They haven't seen him since then.
Photo and caption by MANUEL VALCARCE
Location: Pudukkottai. Tamil Nadu. India
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- Kawnedape's Goat
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- Kawnedape's Goat
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- I was staying with a Himba family in Northern Namibia. During my stay I developed a close friendship with one of the families daughters, Kawnedape. Every morning I would rise before dawn to photograph the morning murmurs through out the village. Regardless how early I rose, Kawnedape would have already beaten me as she began to set about her mornings duties and she would always be closely followed by her little goat that bleated as it followed her around the village in the early morning light. I wanted an image that would always remind me of these early mornings and Kawnedape's goat.
Photo and caption by Ben McRae
Location: Epupa, Namibia.
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- 99 is just a number
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- 99 is just a number
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- In Spiti Valley, due to living conditions 100 years is an average age. A Grandmother, 99 years old, does her prayer.
Photo and caption by Aditya Mendiratta
Location: Langzai Village, Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Grandmother
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- Grandmother
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- This is a portrait of a grandmother from a Chin Village near Mrauk U. This women showed me around her village and told me the story of her tattoo that she received when she was a teenager, once a right of passage. Eventually these tattoos were banned in the state and the grandmothers are the only ones left with these intricate designs on their faces. I stayed at the village till almost sunset, villagers began to burn fires to keep warm as the night air was quite cold as I was leaving I asked if I could take her portrait just as the sun was shining below and caught the smoke from the fires.
Photo and caption by sarah baker
Location: Chin Village, near Mrauk U, Myanmar
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- Fisherman VII - Holbox, Mexico 20110915, by Björn Jonas
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- Fisherman VII - Holbox, Mexico 20110915, by Björn Jonas
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- Part of a portrait-series of old men captured on the small island of Holbox in the Mexican Gulf. Even though the Hotel-industry is big on the island a lot of the nature is still untouched. Cars are forbidden on the island and the nature is very important for the people living on the island. This man was sitting on his front porch enjoying the shade while his family where bustling around in the background, part of a Polaroid-scan..
Photo and caption by Björn Jonas Larsson
Location: Holbox, Mecico
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- Hitchcock
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- Hitchcock
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- While visiting an orphanage in a Tibetan area of Sichuan, China the boys were fascinated with a sick bird looking for refuge in their kitchen. I was able to capture this image as they were passing the bird around from boy to boy.
Photo and caption by nicole todd
Location: Sichuan, China
Category: Travel Portraits
