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Turmi, Ethiopia 2013 A market is serious business. A time to sell and earn a bit of cash. The market was filled with Hamar people. The women wore leather skirts and vests. Their hair had been dressed with red mud. Red ochre dripped down to … Continue reading
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Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 After attending mass, my guide and I visited the stone churches of Lalibela. These Christians are doing the same but they are making a pilgrimage, praying at each church on this special day: St. Gabriel’s Day. I prayed, too, … Continue reading
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Ethiopia 2013 You might think that crocodiles would be the most dangerous animal in Chamo Lake, but you’d be wrong. The most dangerous is the hippo. They are one of the most aggressive animals in the world. Our boatman stayed clear … Continue reading
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Omo Valley, Ethiopia 2013 Hamar women take part in their kinsman’s big day…the day the entire tribe watches as he runs over the backs of ten bulls lined up side by side. If he doesn’t fall, he will become a man in the … Continue reading
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Ethiopia 2013 We’d get to the village and wait for the signal that our leader had negotiated a deal with the village chief. The deal involved handing over money to the chief and in return we would be allowed free rein to … Continue reading
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Mali 2003 A Dogon man carrying a rifle waits in front of a baobab tree. We were resting from our climb up the cliffs of the Bandiagara. Of course, he didn’t need to rest. He wears a long shirt-like garment … Continue reading
Morocco 2003 The “Route des Kasbahs” leads east from Ouarzazate to Tinerhir. Beyond Tinerhir lie the desert settlements of Erfoud, Rissani and Merzouga where tribes, either Arab or Berber, live in kasbahs as they have for centuries. The Berber tribes of southern Morocco built these … Continue reading
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Ethiopia 2013…At the Abore Village in Omo Valley Some photographers scorn cropping. It’s beneath them. They take pride in cropping in the viewfinder. I like to crop in the viewfinder, too. But when I’m sitting at my computer and I see … Continue reading
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Mali 2000 The village was at the foot of the Bandiagara Escarpment. The houses and storage buildings looked like little witches houses. Only large enough for two or three people to fit inside, the roofs were thatch, tilted and came … Continue reading
