Honorable Mention
DHANETA WOMAN
DESCRIPTION
THE JATS ARE A NOMADIC CATTLE BREEDING MUSLIM COMUNITY. THE DHANETA ARE A BRANCH OF THE JATS. THEY LIVE IN HUTS MADE OF STICKS AND TARPS COVERED WITH HAY. THEY MOVE BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTANI BORDER. THE WOMEN OF THIS TRIBE WEAR A NOSE RING CALLED “NATHLI”. THIS LENDS AN UNMISTAKEABLE IDENTITY TO THE DHANETA WOMEN. THE ENORMOUS SIZE OF THIS GOLD NOSE RING WEIGHS HEAVY AND IS HELD UP ASTRAND OF BLACK THREADS TIED TO THEIR HAIR. THIS NOSE RING IS THE SIGN OF MARRIED WOMEN AND THEY CONTINUE WEARING THIS AT ALL TIMES.
AUTHOR
MY NAME IS SAIONARA MASSINI.I WAS BORN IN TUSCANY, ITALY, WHERE I STILL LIVE AND WORK.
PHOTOS AND TRAVEL ARE MY GREATEST PASSIONS.
I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER BY PASSION.
IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO GIVE ME THE STRONGER EMOTIONS.
UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO, I DID NOT TO ANY TAKE PART IN MY PHOTOS AS IF I WANTED TO PROTEC THEM.
IN 2017 SOMETHING CHANGEDAND I DECIDED TO START TELLING OTHERS WHAT I SAW, WHAT I FELT.
I HOPE THROUGH MY PHOTOS TO BE ABLE TO CONVEY THE INTENSITY OF EMOTIONS THAT THE PEOPLE I MET ALONG MY JOURNEYS PASSED ON TO ME.
