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  • The Kara tribe come racing over the hill from their village when they hear engine noise to greet one of the few boats on the Omo.
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  • Lake Turkana and the Omo River Delta.
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  • A canoe ferries Nyangatom tribespeople across the Omo River.
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  • A Kara woman on the mud-caked shoreline of the Omo River.
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  • A boat ferries Nyangatom tribespeople across the Omo River.
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  • Kara woman doing flood recession agriculture on the banks of the Omo.
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  • A Kara man doing flood recession agriculture on the banks of the Omo.
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  • A Kara tribe elder peers out over the Omo River at his goats feeding on the sorghum stalks after a harvest.
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  • Kara boys stand on the mud-caked shoreline of the Omo River.
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  • Lake Turkana and the Omo River Delta.
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  • A writer is carried to the Omo River's muddy shore.
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  • A pump channels water from the Omo River.
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  • Kara family doing flood recession agriculture on the banks of the Omo.
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  • A crocodile in the Omo River.
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  • Nyangatom tribe village of Kangaten on both sides of the Omo River.
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  • Lake Turkana and the Omo River Delta.
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  • A Mursi boy, on the banks of the Omo River, holding a leaf frond.
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  • Kara tribesmen with bows and arrows on the Omo River.
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  • Workers boring a tunnel that will divert the Omo River.
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  • Hamar tribe in a small village next to Omorate where the first bridge across the Omo River is being built. This town is experimenting with wind power supplied by one of the NGO’s.
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  • A crocodile on the banks of the Omo River.
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  • The first bridge over the Omo River in this area is at Omorate. This man arranges building materials used in temporary supports for the bridge.
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  • Cattle have pulverized the drought-prone Omo region into dust.
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  • Kids play in a tributary of the Omo River as their mothers do laundry.
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  • We were taking the boat to Labuk village and were almost there when we saw a crocodile dragging another crocodile in the water.  As we approached it tried to drag the other croc underwater but failed and just left it.  It might have been shot first, it was hard to tell because the piece where the wound might have been was ripped off by the other croc.  As I was photographing it Shaka fish (Karo name for Catfish) that were about a meter long started eating the bottom of the dead croc... all the movement you see in the water is the shaka fish tugging off pieces of it from the bottom.  After I was done photographing the Karo tribe guys we had with us pulled it up to look at it and try to figure out what happened to it.
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  • Bugu has a dispute over a woman and challenges his rival to a Donga (stick fight)  Men from Suri clans compete in bloody ceremonial pole fights and will do it for tourist groups. You have to be careful so you aren't responsible for injury by being a tourist in this area.
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  • A boy and his pet baboon wander the Suri village of Tulgit. He has painted his pet in hopes of getting a few tourist coins.
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  • Cattle water outside the Nyangatom village of Lokulan.
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  • Nyangatom harvesting sorghum.
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  • The Nyangatom agricultural village of Lokulan.
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  • Construction of the Gilgel Gibe III Dam.
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  • A Nyangatom woman harvesting sorghum.
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  • A girl chews sweet stalks of sorghum after laying out seeds to dry.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • Young Kara boys wait for a wedding party to start.
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  • Portrait of a Mursi woman with her lip plate removed.
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  • Children in the village of Chelete.
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  • An African fish eagle.
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  • Food aid in Nyangatom tribe village of Kangaten.
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  • The Nyangatom agricultural village of Lokulan .
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  • Twilight over Lumale Camp in the Kara village of Dus.
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  • A man prepares to whip a woman during an initiation ritual.
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  • Food aid in Nyangatom tribe village of Kangaten.
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  • Kara tribespeople in temporary agricultural camp in Kundama.
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  • Hamar tribesmen prepare for a bull jumping initiation ritual.
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  • Hamar women in a bar on market day.
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  • Children of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • Suri women building a hut in a village outside of Tulgit.
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  • Men from Suri clans compete in bloody ceremonial pole fights.
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  • A Suri woman drinking honey beer over her traditional clay lip plate.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • A Kwegu woman holds a baboon as a fertility custom.
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  • Fields are cleared and then burned in preparation for planting.
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  • Ornamental cuts on a Suri girl will heal in a raised pattern of scars.
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  • Men from Suri clans compete in bloody ceremonial pole fights.
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  • Portrait of a Mursi woman with her lip plate removed.
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  • Portrait of a Mursi woman with her lip plate removed.
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  • The Kara tribe prepares for a coming of age bull jumping ceremony.
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  • The Kara tribe prepares for a coming of age bull jumping ceremony.
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  • Kara men prepare for a coming of age ceremony
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  • Portrait of a Mursi woman with her lip plate removed.
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  • A photographer on assignment in the Kara village of Dus.
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  • Hamar head to market day on a dirt road to Kaifur.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • Kara children playing games in their village.
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  • Suri covers himself with clay body paint for ceremonial pole fights.
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  • Construction of the Gilgel Gibe III Dam.
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  • Arbore women wearing goat skins.
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  • A Mursi man with a rifle in the village of Galap.
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  • Kara men prepare for an evening dance celebration.
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  • Kara children kick up dust on their way to participate in a dance.
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  • Kara men, women and children participate in an evening dance.
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  • A young Hamar boy inside a temporary camp near Dus village.
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  • Kara tribespeople channeling water into their plots.
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  • Hamar girls in boarding school.
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  • Hamar, wearing body paint, stand on stilts and beg from tourists.
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  • A caucasian man photographs a bull jumping initiation ritual.
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  • Nyangatom shoot a cow with an arrow and then gather the blood.
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  • A Kara woman prepares food near Lake Diba.
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  • Nyangatom women dance at a peace treaty celebration.
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  • A photographer poses with a Nyangatom woman.
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  • Nyangatom women prepare to dance at a peace treaty celebration.
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  • A Banna man whips a woman during an initiation ritual.
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  • Hamar women on market day in Turmi.
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  • Mannequins wearing western-style clothing.
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  • Suri women with lip plates.
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  • Funeral and burial for a Suri woman.
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  • Funeral and burial for a Suri woman.
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  • A Suri woman with a lip plate carries her baby.
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  • Suri women building a hut in a village outside of Tulgit.
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  • Villagers cover themselves in body paint for tourists.
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  • A Suri boy wearing body paint poses for tourists.
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  • Kara women dance as their sons prepare for initiation into manhood.
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  • Men from Suri clans compete in bloody ceremonial pole fights.
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  • Banna males prepare for a bull jumping initiation ritual and participants are photographed by tourists.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • Men and women of the Kara tribe gather for an evening dance.
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  • Ornamental cuts on a Suri girl will heal in a raised pattern of scars.
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  • Men from Suri clans compete in bloody ceremonial pole fights.
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