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442 images Created 5 Feb 2018

Tribal Life

A camera can quietly capture a deeper dialog than human words can express. Photographing the tribes and cultures of the world allowed Jami to learn more about herself and the modern culture that she lives in. The Tsaatan reindeer people of northern Mongolia, the San Bushmen of Nambia's and Botswana's Kalahari, the Ovahimba of Namibia, the Kalbelia of India's Thar Desert, the Samburu, Maasai, Rendille, Turkana, El Molo of East Africa, the Kazakh Eagle Hunters - what do they all have in common? They are still surviving today without technology and the comforts and complications of the modern world. But for how much longer?
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  • A Himba women sitting in the doorway of a traditional Himba hut made from mud and dung. Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region.
    Tarris_Namibia_08_2017_0657.jpg
  • A small Tsaatan child sleeping on one of his reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), Khovsgol Province, Mongolia
    Tarris_Mongolia_03_19_03389.jpg
  • Portrait of a Mursi tribe women wearing a large clay lip plate, Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia
    OmoValley_09_2023_1016.jpg
  • A motion-blur of a San bushmen of the Kalahari with his bow and poison arrow, Kalahari, Botswana, Africa
    Tarris_Bushmen_05_2014_322.jpg
  • A Maasai chief wearing his traditional head dress ,Amboseli, Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Kenya_Amboseil_2155.jpg
  • A girl in the Thar Desert teasing and peaking one eye out from her sari, Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India
    J_INDIA_10_07_04433.jpg
  • A portrait of a Samburu warrior,Samburu, Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Kenya_Samburu_07_2018_1423.jpg
  • Beautiful Suri tribe girl with a painted face wearing decorative head piece made of freshly picked flowers, Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia
    OmoValley_09_2023_3900.jpg
  • A master eagle hunter in Mongolia with his golden eagle in the Altai mountains, Bayan Olgii, Mongolia
    Tarris_Mongolia_03_19_06456.jpg
  • The traditional hair style of a young unmarried Himba girl. Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region, Namibia, Africa
    Tarris_Namibia_04_2014_0769.jpg
  • Fierce Mursi tribe woman wearing a large lip plate and with detailed deep and painful body scarification use for beautification, Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia
    OmoValley_09_2023_1173.jpg
  • OvaHimba children in their village at sunrise. Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region.
    Tarris_Namibia_08_2017_0235.jpg
  • Tarris_Kenya_07_2015_01433.jpg
  • Beautiful Suri tribe girl in the mountains with a painted  face wearing decorative head piece made of freshly picked flowers, Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia
    OmoValley_09_2023_4164.jpg
  • The traditional hair style of a young unmarried Himba girl as she peaks out from behind her hair layered with goat fat and ochre.  Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region, Namibia, Africa
    Tarris_Namibia_08_2017_0695.jpg
  • Maasai morani warriors standing in the entrance to their village, Maasai Mara, Kenya
    Kenya_Mara_07_2021_3426_A_1.jpg
  • Portrait of a fierce Mursi tribe girl with deep and painful scarification covering her body meant for beautification, Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia
    OmoValley_09_2023_0941.jpg
  • Three Kazakh eagle hunters hunting in the Altai mountains with their golden eagles on horseback, Altai Mountains, Bayan Ulgii, Mongolia
    Tarris_Mongolia_03_19_06291 copy.jpg
  • A San bushmen holding an eastern bark scorpion (Uroplectes vittatus) on the palm of his hand, Kalahari Desert, Botswana
    Kenya_Botswana_07_24__2507.jpg
  • A San bushmen working together to build a fire, Kalahari, Botswana
    Kenya_Botswana_07_24__2559.jpg
  • An Indian tribal Kalbelia girl from the Thar Desert wearing a decorative beaded headdress with her sari,That Desert, Rajasthan, India
    J_INDIA_10_07_04234.jpg
  • A Herero (Otijiherero: Ovaherero) woman cooking breakfast over a big pot on the fire, Purros, Kaokoveld, Namibia
    Namibia_04_21_1207.jpg
  • A Tsaatan boy hugging his reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), Khovsgol Province, Mongolia
    Tarris_Mongolia_03_19_03454.jpg
  • Himbas sitting around a smoky fire surrounded by goats on a cold morning in a remote village in northern Namibia, Kaokoland, Kenene Region, Namibia, black and white
    Namibia_06_22_2932.jpg
  • Kenya_Mara_07_2021_4223.jpg
  • Beautiful Suri tribe girl in the mountains with a painted  face wearing decorative head piece made of freshly picked flowers, Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia
    OmoValley_09_2023_4192.jpg
  • Suri tribe girls painting their faces with colorful and decorative face paint made from natural minerals found in the mountains, Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia
    OmoValley_09_2023_4112.jpg
  • Samburu girls decorated with beaded headdresses and colorful beaded necklaces, Lake Turkana, Loiyangalani,Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Turkana_07_2018_0694.jpg
  • A reindeer entering the teepee of a Tsaatan women for food, northern province of Khovsgol, Khovsgol, Mongolia
    Tarris_Mongolia_03_19_03026.jpg
  • A portrait of a young Ovahimba boy standing in front of a mud hut in a remote village in northern Namibia, Kaokoland, Kenene Region, Namibia
    Namibia_06_22_2942.jpg
  • Tarris_Kenya_07_2015_01444.jpg
  • A photographer sitting with a group of young Himba girls. Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region.
    Tarris_Namibia_08_2017_0502.jpg
  • Kenya_Mara_07_2021_3423.jpg
  • A Hamer tribe boy jumping over a line of cows during his  traditional rite of passage “bull jumping” event which is one step of a boy becoming a man, Hamer tribe,Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia
    OmoValley_09_2023_1967.jpg
  • Kenya_Mara_07_2021_4112.jpg
  • Kenya_Samburu_07_2021_1771.jpg
  • Kenya_Samburu_07_2021_1807.jpg
  • Kenya_Samburu_07_2021_762.jpg
  • A portrait of a young Ovahimba girl in a remote village in northern Namibia, Kaokoland, Kenene Region, Namibia
    Namibia_06_22_3161.jpg
  • A painted Dassenach tribe man wearing a ceremonial ostrich hat and leopard skin, Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia
    OmoValley_09_2023_1750.jpg
  • A motion-blur of  San bushmen and child walking, Kalahari, Botswana, Africa
    Tarris_Bushmen_05_2014_396.jpg
  • Portait of a San bushmen at sunset, Kalahari, Botswana
    Kenya_Botswana_07_24__2469.jpg
  • Portrait of an unmarried Hamer tribe girl wearing beaded necklaces and an animal skin covering,  Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia
    OmoValley_09_2023_1692.jpg
  • A portrait of a man from the Turkana tribe with his feathered head dress, Lake Turkana, Loiyangalani,Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Kenya_Turkana_0153.jpg
  • Kenya_Samburu_07_2021_1787.jpg
  • Portrait of Samburu warriors posing on a rock,Samburu, Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Kenya_Samburu_07_2018_1453.jpg
  • A portrait of a young Ovahimba girl in her remote village in northern Namibia, Kaokoland, Kenene Region, Namibia
    Namibia_06_22_2896.jpg
  • A Turkana women wearing traditional stacked beaded necklaces, Lake Turkana, Loiyangalani,Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Kenya_Turkana_0226.jpg
  • A Himba girl tending to her goats. Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region.
    Tarris_Namibia_08_2017_0577.jpg
  • Portait of a San bushmen at sunset, Kalahari, Botswana
    Kenya_Botswana_07_24__2466.jpg
  • A portrait of a Herero woman (Otijiherero: Ovaherero) , Purros, Kaokoveld, Namibia
    Namibia_04_21_1218.jpg
  • A San bushmen walking through the bush at sunset, Kalahari, Botswana
    Kenya_Botswana_07_24__2451.jpg
  • Kenya_Samburu_07_2021_1760.jpg
  • Portrait of an unmarried Hamer tribe girl wearing beaded necklaces and an animal skin covering,  Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia
    OmoValley_09_2023_1686.jpg
  • A portrait of a Samburu warrior,,Samburu, Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Kenya_Samburu_07_2018_1360.jpg
  • A close-up portrait of a Himba girl.. Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region.
    Tarris_Namibia_08_2017_0460.jpg
  • Kenya_Botswana_07_24__2629.jpg
  • Kenya_Mara_07_2021_4176.jpg
  • A young Himba girl collection fire wood and taking it back to her village. Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region.
    Tarris_Namibia_08_2017_0485.jpg
  • A portrait of an El Molo tribe women wearing beaded necklaces, Lake Turkana, Loiyangalani,Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Kenya_Turkana_0036.jpg
  • A close-up portrait of a young girl sitting against a wall at the Pushkar camel fair, Pushkar,Rajasthan, India
    J_INDIA_10_07_03016.jpg
  • A San bushmen holding an eastern bark scorpion (Uroplectes vittatus) on the palm of his hand,Kalahari Desert, Botswana
    Kenya_Botswana_07_24__2505.jpg
  • A San bushmen holding an eastern bark scorpion (Uroplectes vittatus) in his mouth, Kalahari Desert, Botswana
    Kenya_Botswana_07_24__2512.jpg
  • Portrait of a fierce Mursi tribe girl with deep and painful scarification covering her body meant for beautification, Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia
    OmoValley_09_2023_0950.jpg
  • A San bushmen working together to build a fire, Kalahari, Botswana
    Kenya_Botswana_07_24__2550.jpg
  • Tarris_Kenya_07_2015_01479.jpg
  • A Himba women with her shadow in front of a traditional Himba hut made from mud and dung. Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region.
    Tarris_Namibia_08_2017_0667.jpg
  • An eagle hunter in Mongolia with his golden eagle in the Altai mountains, Bayan Olgii, Mongolia
    Tarris_Mongolia_03_19_06476.jpg
  • A Himba women sitting inside of a traditional Himba hut made from mud and dung. Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region.
    Tarris_Namibia_08_2017_0681.jpg
  • A side lit portrait of a young OvaHimba boy at sunrise. Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region.
    Tarris_Namibia_08_2017_0328.jpg
  • A Moran warrior of the Maasai tribe sitting in the doorway of a hut in his village ,Amboseli, Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Kenya_Amboseil_2171.jpg
  • Photographed through her camel's legs, a tribal Kalbelia girl in the Thar Desert  sits on a sand dune dressed in a decorative red sari,Thar Desert,Rajasthan, India
    J_INDIA_10_07_04212.jpg
  • A traditional Himba hut made from mud and dung. Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region.
    Tarris_Namibia_04_2014_0830.jpg
  • Colorfully dressed Kalbelia tribal girl kneels between two camels while working on a laptop in theThar Desert; the world is changing through technology, Rajasthan, India
    J_INDIA_10_07_04584.jpg
  • A San bushmen working together to build a fire, Kalahari, Botswana
    Kenya_Botswana_07_24__2564.jpg
  • Kenya_Mara_07_2021_4077.jpg
  • A side lit portrait of a young OvaHimba boy at sunrise. Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region.
    Tarris_Namibia_08_2017_0291.jpg
  • A portrait of an El Molo tribe women wearing beaded necklaces, Lake Turkana, Loiyangalani,Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Kenya_Turkana_0027.jpg
  • Portait of a San bushmen at sunset, Kalahari, Botswana
    Kenya_Botswana_07_24__2500.jpg
  • A Turkana women wearing traditional stacked beaded necklaces, Lake Turkana, Loiyangalani,Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Kenya_Turkana_0277.jpg
  • A traditional Himba hut made from mud and dung. Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region.
    Tarris_Namibia_04_2014_0833.jpg
  • An eagle hunter hunting in the Altai mountains with his golden eagles on horseback, Altai Mountains, Bayan Ulgii, Mongolia
    Tarris_Mongolia_03_19_06647.jpg
  • A little Tsaatan girl looking out from under a reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), Khovsgol Province, Mongolia
    Tarris_Mongolia_03_19_03503.jpg
  • A Moran warrior of the Maasai tribe sitting in the doorway of a hut in his village ,Amboseli, Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Kenya_Amboseil_2170.jpg
  • A Samburu warrior standing on a hilltop overlooking Lake Turkana, Lake Turkana, Loiyangalani,Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Turkana_07_2018_0673.jpg
  • Portrait of a fierce Mursi tribe girl with deep and painful scarification covering her body meant for beautification, Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia
    OmoValley_09_2023_0931.jpg
  • A Turkana women wearing the traditional green beaded necklace of a healer or witch doctor, Lake Turkana, Loiyangalani,Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Kenya_Turkana_0107.jpg
  • A Kalbelia tribal girl in the Thar Desert in her black tribal sari looking at the camera with a serious expression,, Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India
    J_INDIA_10_07_04440A.jpg
  • Kazakh eagle hunters competing on horseback with their golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) at an eagle festival , Altai Mountains, Bayan Ulgii, Mongolia
    Tarris_Mongolia_03_19_07656.jpg
  • Tarris_Namibia_08_2017_0337.jpg
  • Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region, Namibia, Africa
    Tarris_Namibia_04_2014_0730.jpg
  • Samburu warriors slaughtering a goat,,Samburu, Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Kenya_Samburu_07_2018_1386.jpg
  • A Tsaatan women with her reindeer, Khovsgol Province, Mongolia
    Tarris_Mongolia_03_19_04864.jpg
  • A motion-blur of a San bushmen of the Kalahari with his bow and poison arrow, Kalahari, Botswana, Africa
    Tarris_Bushmen_05_2014_318.jpg
  • A Himba women sitting in the doorway of a traditional Himba hut made from mud and dung. Numbering about 50,000 people in north-western Namibia, the OvaHimba are indigenous in the Kunene Region.
    Tarris_Namibia_04_2014_0834.jpg
  • A reindeer entering the teepee of a Tsaatan women for food, northern province of Khovsgol, Khovsgol, Mongolia
    Tarris_Mongolia_03_19_03021.jpg
  • A portrait of a man from the Turkana tribe with his feathered head dress, Lake Turkana, Loiyangalani,Kenya, Africa
    Tarris_Kenya_Turkana_0157.jpg
  • Kenya_Samburu_07_2021_1784.jpg
  • A gesture game called n!ai being played by the San bushmen, Kalahari, Botswana
    Kenya_Botswana_07_24__2588.jpg
  • An eagle hunter in Mongolia with his golden eagle in the Altai mountains, Bayan Olgii, Mongolia
    Tarris_Mongolia_03_19_05394.jpg
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