United States
A member of the Andrew Sisters-styled group The Liberty Belles plants a kiss on the cheek of Pearl Harbor survivor Evan Brasset at a ceremony observing the 70th anniversary of the attack, Dec. 7 at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
Gerald Herbert/AP
Source: MSNBC
Australia
“Cultural Diversity Week” in Melbourne. Artistically, there is always something happening.
Mathieu Faria-Fernandes
Source: Flickr / stp-mathieu
Posters from the Face of Tomorrow project.
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Source: faceoftomorrow.com
Palestine
Palestinian boy wearing arafat shawl. Also known as “arabic scarf” or keffiyeh.
Image: Ruben van Duin
Source: Flickr / e-ruben
Pakistan
Girl working at chili fields along with her parents, siblings and members at a small village of Kunri, Sindh, Pakistan.
Image: Iqbal Khatri
Source: Flickr / iqbalkhatri
Ethiopia
Situated on the eastern bank of the Omo River, some 55km north of Omorate is Karo. Murelle lodge is the one setup in south Omo to which conveniently situated along the road from Turmi, or Omorate to Mago national park and Jinka, for which reason the adjoining composite is a popular overnight stop with camping trips. The main local attractions are the knro villages of kolcho and Dus, and the Bumi village of Kangatan, all of which lie an hours drive of Murelle. The orign of the name Murelle also translated as Murel and pronounced with a rolling r is some what enigmatic. It has always been a place where wild and domesticated comes to drink, due to the gentle decline of the land toward the river.
Image: Rudi Roels
Source: Flickr / rudiroels
Northeast India, near the border of Bhutan
There are some exceptionally beautiful people in the world. I find it amazing that they are nearly universally unaware of it.
Image: Another Story
Source: flickr.com
Saudi Arabia
The flower men live in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. They wear a headdress made with fresh flowers and scented grasses.
Meeting them in the souq of Al Farsha was a special time as we needed a police escort to go in the area.
Once in the place, the men were rather suprised to see foreigners as they are remoted.
Thanks to my polaroid, I was able to deal pictures, but they are really independant!
It looks like they come out from an antiques fresco in a British Museum….
For few minutes my wife left the police escort, and had all the flower men touching her!
When the police told us it was dangerous, we understood they were right!
And when we asked the police to go in the villages, they answered: impossible!
© Eric Lafforgue
www.ericlafforgue.com
Bihar, India
I saw him from afar in Sonepur mela, a huge turban, something like half a meter hight, really more than I ever saw anywhere. When we neared each other, I asked him for a photo, but when his eyes met mine, I lost control of the camera. That’s the framing I discovered later on. Be sure it’s not mine, I wanted the turban too !
Image: Elishams
Golden Temple, Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar, India
Image: Pvince
