Honorable Mention
Hausa Girl
DESCRIPTION
A young girl during the Durbar festival in Zaria, Nigeria, an emirate predominantly Hausa Muslim.Totally shy at first, she started to relax and posed to be photographed, only when she saw that her friends where having fun while being shot and there was nothing to be afraid of.
Hausa women traditionally use kohl, a dark substance that put around their eyes to accentuate them and draw a vertical line on the forehead or the chin to accentuate facial symmetry. Many are using golden make up on special occasions.
AUTHOR
Although a Civil Engineer in profession, I turned out as an amateur travel photographer having traveled to numerous countries around the world such as Ethiopia, India, Burkina Faso, Indonesia, Cote d'Ivoire, China, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Mali, Benin, Haiti, Cuba etc. My main goal is to capture the uniqueness of the local cultures and the life of the people in the most remote places of our world, emphasizing on syncretism between rare religions and rituals. My pictures have been awarded multiple awards in many prestigious photo competitions and have been published in many books and magazines. 