Honorable Mention

Surma Boy
DESCRIPTION
The Surma tribe people are semi-nomadic cattle herders living west of the Omo River, near the borders with South Sudan. Weaved deep into the culture of the Surmas is body-painting, lip and lobe piercing, stick fighting and decorative scarification, all of them being signs of pride, bravery and beauty.
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.