Capturing the human spirit naturally on film is a great challenge. However, it can be done by using the camera as a medium to connect subject and photographer, rather than to separate. The digital age has really allowed this to happen, with subjects being instantly able to see their portraits.
Hamer woman in the Dimeka market in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia
Indian lady selling bangles, India
Portrait of a Berber man, Ait Benhaddou, Morocco
Portrait of a stilt fisherman in Midigama, Sri Lanka
Mursi woman with lip plate and Kalashnikov in the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia
Girl of the Arbore tribe in the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia
Bedouin woman in Petra, Jordan
Traditional Berber girl in the Southern Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Priest reading hundred years old Bible in the Abuna Yemata Guh rock church, Tigray, Ethiopia
Mursi woman with lip plate in the Lower Omo Valley of Ethiopia
Fish seller in the market of Georgetown in Penang, Malaysia
Traditional Berber woman in the Southern Atlas Mountains, Mororcco
Hamer woman drinking coffee at a bull jumping ceremony near Turmi in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia
Karakoram Mountains
Portrait of a Sadhu
Hamer woman in the Dimeka market in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia
Vendor and her pineapples and pomelos in Hanoi, Vietnam