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Momentum
This lady is pounding palm seeds for oil. Girl spreading out the laundry in the sun. She is lauging because she has just seen her face on the back screen of my digital camera! Traditional wrestling is practised nationwide. This was a championship at night....
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People in Black n White
Water is key, especially when it hasn't rained since 9 months. portrait taken during a meetin with women to discuss how to best sell their vegetables. I gave her a lift and then we stopped in the shade of her vegetable garden, I never managed to exchange...
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Portraits
Old lady posing in her veranda with one of her grand children running in the background This muslim man was just relaxing on his porch. That day, he said he wasn't going to do much because he was fasting. She is the daughter of the man above. She was...
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Wildlife
Here are some of the animals you get to see if you're lucky: After having laid her eggs over night, she was slowly crawling back to the sea at sunrise. Needless to add, that this was a truly magic moment An army of baby turtles crawled out of the sand...
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New rice
As the rainy season comes to an end, the new rice is being harvested, here is a quick explanation of what to do: Go to a rice field and cut the stalks one by one. Then you pound the stalks for a good half an hour to release the grains and get the skin...
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Low Tide
Here are some of the things fishermen in Canabi (south of the country) do when it's low tide and they can't go at sea just yet. Some sit in the shade and decide to paint their canoe bright yellow. Others use their toes to fix their nets And finally all...
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Power to the women
Women praying outside the mosque, men get to pray inside. Note the ever present radio set. Dancing reunion for women only (well, men played the percusions). I tried but failed to understand why they were having this reunion. Note they all hold 2 bits...
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People in Colour
The big basket looking thing on the left is actually a "mask" that they wear on top of their heads to dance. I tried to find out what ceremony they used it for, but got lost in translation and understood that it's only during the dry season. Note it has...
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Guinea Bissau Landscapes
The old part of Bissau city (Bissau velho) Bissau city, on the wall, you can see flags of other countries that have Portuguese as their official language. Bissau city suburbs, this one does not need comments, it speaks for itslef A view of Bissau city...
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Bijagos Noir & Blanc
Joao Vieira, Bijagos, Guine Bissau, Afrique occidentale One of the village elders (only them are allowed to wear a hat) Mother getting her hair done while breast feeding, the skirts are made out of dried roots! Celebration, once the rice has been taken...
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Bijagos Couleur
Joao Vieira, Bijagos, Guine Bissau, Afrique Occidentale Kids playing on the beach at sunset. Scarification is widespread, She said it didn't hurt! Women taking rice back from the field. Pouding rice for lunch. Fishing boat comes back to the shore. This...
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Change
I have left my previous base for an equally fascinating region. It's also a country in (re)construction. It also has a strong culture. And it is of breathtaking natural beauty
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Travels
One reason why I love travelling is because sometimes you go to a place and you think you know what landscapes to expect, but you find yourself in the middle of a black desert!
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Absence
The violence of each moment gets softened by their multiplicity over time. Sometimes, it even looks better over time.
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impressions 2
Anti-war graffitis are starting to appear in town. Boy in the shade A wall
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At the beach
At the beach in Goa
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Impressions
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Wave Cleansing Action 2
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Delh-Impressions
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Life's Good
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Spaces within Chaos
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Wave Cleansing Action
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Three, the magic number
For this set of images, i prefer not to make any comment. Enjoy