I was looking at this photo as a possible magazine submission the other day and thought – I should just share it. I love the contrast between traditional and modern.
Contrasts: A dani man wears traditional body paint and decorations along with his sunglasses at the Baliem Festival. Held every August in the Papuan highlands, the festival is a celebration of dani culture involving dances, competitions, and mock battles.
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Strangely great… breaks a lot of rules composition is off, but still sits nicely with me. I’m off to Mongolia next year and am looking around for some brilliant travel photographs to inspire. This is definatly one of them, nice find!
great one and thanks for sharing it with us.
I could still remember that girl’s face with a “deep look” in a Discovery Magazine, which was later visited by the photographer many years later in Afghanistan. So, I advise you to submit this picture of yours to a magazine. Who knows, the picture will become part of our history.
Like the reflection in the sunglasses! Newly discovered your site…I’ll be back.
Hey,
I really enjoyed your photo. The things I really liked was your framing, the colors and other photographic elements. Usually putting yourself in the photo (via the guys sun glasses) is a mistake in photography, but I think it works with this photo. Overall great job!
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