Nale, Suri Tribe, Ethiopia

Nale is the daughter of one of the elders of the Suri tribe. I was fascinated by her beauty, dignity and charisma. She was all the time on my side watching me taking pictures, holding my reflector and making sure I am doing ok. I knew she also wanted to be photographed and I waited until the end. I wanted to make it a special "event", where the entire village would watch. I gave her a Polaroid. A few months later I returned to her village to give her the pictures. We stayed in mosquito tents right in the center of the village near a big fire place. In the night we had several warriors protecting us from the lions we could hear roar in the night. The Suri are an amazing and proud tribe, loca...View all