So my subject's face: was it a mask given her, did she earn it with her personality, or did she just grow into it? So how did she get her face?
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| Bume (sometimes called Nyangatom or Bumi) tribe, Omo region, Ethiopia, Africa. |
While photographing the Bume tribe in the remote Omo region of Ethiopia, this one woman began shouting and making fun of me.
In response, I pretended to threaten her in an exaggerated, humorous way. Others laughed at my dancing antics. Even my serious subject squeezed a pimple-sized smile from her face.
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| Bume (sometimes called Nyangatom or Bumi) tribe, Omo region, Ethiopia, Africa. |
So how did my subject friend get her face?
All photographs and text © 2015 Janis Miglavs
janis@jmiglavs.com
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