Sami girl in front of Lavoo, in Murmansk Oblast. Sami of Russia, 2006. Photo © Jeroen Toirkens Rotterdam-based photographer Jeroen Toirkens has been …
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An Unforgettable Glimpse at Nomadic Communities Around the World
While visiting the Brokpa tribesmen in Bhutan, AJ Heath sips on Ara, a warm beverage made from rice or wheat, and documents a centuries-old way of life. Juan Aballe captures a quiet life in the rural villages of the Iberian Peninsula, while Ronald Patrick ventures into the brutally high altitudes of the mountains of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, India, where families adhere to an ancient and sacred way of life. Across continents, nine photographers document the diversity of nomadic communities.
A Brokpa women in traditional clothes made from Yak hair and sheep’s wool. Their distinctive hat known as ‘tsipee cham’ is made of yak felt with long …
When rainfall quenches the bone-dry terrain of Southern Niger, says New York-based travel photographer Terri Gold, a thousand Wodaabe nomads, along …
For Country Fictions, Madrid-based photographer Juan Aballe chronicles life in the rural corners of the Iberian Peninsula, capturing the quiet, …
A heard of sheep and goat graze back to Zara village. In the mountains of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, India, photographer Ronald Patrick found …
Elena y Aquiles I, 2013 For The Dream Goes Over Time, Madrid-based photographer Pierre Gonnord honors the lives of the last remaining nomadic people in …
German-based Nepalese photographer Ram Paudel recently returned to his country of birth to document the last of the Raute tribe, who live a nomadic …
Two years ago Tariq Zaidi quit his senior corporate position in order to pursue his life long dream of photographing tribes in some of the most …
Ibu Ani looks on as her son, Ramdan, forages the reef for clams. Since Ani’s husband died of the bends while compressor diving, she has relied on her …
