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Samburu tribe girl - Kenya Photograph
France
Photography, Digital on Other
Size: 31.5 W x 31.5 H x 31.5 D in
About The Artwork
The red color she wears means she is ready to be married. The Samburu are closely related to the Maasai. Like the Maasai, they live in the central Rift Valley area of Kenya, where the climate is semi-arid. They are seminomadic and belong to the Maa (Nilotic) speaking group of people. They do very little farming. Their livelihood depends upon the cattle, sheeps and goats they raise. They use their milk more than meat. They often drink milk mixed with cow's blood. Like their neighbours, they have to search for water and grazing land which leads them out from their homes during dry seasons. The Samburu live in huts made of branches, mud and cow dung. There is usually one big room that is very low in height. Around it, there is a fence made of thorn bushes, in which the cattle is kept at night. Most Samburu still wear traditional dress. Like the Maasai, women wear colorful beaded necklaces similar to the ones the Rendile women also wear. The number of necklaces is a sign of wealth, often given as dowry. They wear bright clothes, usually red and pink. To protect their eyes from the sun, Samburu warriors (like the Rendile) often paste their hair with ochre which creates a visor. Samburu are very spiritual people, believing and praying every day the God called Ngai. Age determines men's social status: each man has to go through various stages before becoming a powerful elder. Circumcision marks the boy’s transition to a young warrior, while girls excision is carried out on the day of marriage (usually at 16 years old).
Details & Dimensions
Photography:Digital on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:31.5 W x 31.5 H x 31.5 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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France
Born in 1964, Eric Lafforgue lives in Toulouse, France. Ever since he was young, he has been fascinated by far away countries and travelling, and spent some time in Africa, unknowingly retracing Monfried and Joseph Kesselʼs footsteps when he was 10 years old in Djibouti, Ethiopia and Yemen. He started taking photographs in 2006, publishing his pictures on the internet, after leaving the world of multimedia editing in which he was involved for over 15 years. The following year, after a trip to Papua New Guinea, Kubik took notice of his work and published a book containing his photos. Soon after, magazines from all over the world began using his work for illustrations on North Korea, the tribes of Ethiopia, etc. He then joined the european leading agency RAPHO. In 2008, after 2 years of activity in the world of photography, his work on the people of Papua is displayed at the prestigious VISA photojournalism festival in Perpignan. Eric Lafforgue spends most of his time travelling the globe to share his encounters, through the perception of an ethnologist and the heart of an artist, privileging the regions or populations in danger and less usually visited countries. Eric Lafforgue uses Hasselblad H4D-50, Leica M6, Canon Eos D1 MarkIII, 5D M3 . His work has been published in: National Geographic, CNN Traveler,Sunday times, GEO, GEO Ado, Morning Calm Korea, Ushuaia Magazine, Lonely Planet, Bradt Guides, PPR, Le Monde des religions, PBS, The Times, Travel Business China, Periodico Diagonal, Reader's Digest, BBC, Mindfood, Trend China, La Stampa, Sciences et Vie Jr, Cultural Survival, UNESCO, Blue Planet, Wealth, Globetrotter, Descopera, India Today, Silverkris, Il Italia, Town & Country, Sciences Humaines, Vi Menn, Get Lost,Best Life, Tomorrow...... "Hasselblad Owners' Club - Photographer of the month January 2011"
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