Culture and Places

HOW COULD ANYONE FIT INTO A PLANE? This is one of three sisters that visited us during our stay in ...

HOW COULD ANYONE FIT INTO A PLANE? This is one of three sisters that visited us during our stay in ...

JEWELRY THAT TELLS A STORY: This beautiful woman of the Bagzan Mountains wears her traditional jewelry of silver, ancient beads, ...

NEWLY WED TO ABSENT HUSBANDS: I met this young bride in a small village near the Timia cascade. We spent ...

MEDICINES OF THE AYR: I came across this beautiful woman and her children at the foot of the Bagzan mountains ...

MY QUEEN OF QUEENS: (fifth in the grandmother’s series/Mother’s Day in France!) She is my queen, my perfect angel and ...

HADJARA: (fifth in grandmother's series) One morning as I walked through my Niamey neighborhood, Hadjara handed over a little toy ...

MATRIARCHS PERPETUATING TRADITION (the good and the questionable): (fourth in the grandmother’s week series) This Tuareg grandmother left me perplexed ...

REMINISCING: (third in the grandmother's week series) I met this old lady as we sat by a deep well together, ...

THE MOTHER OF MOTHERS: (second in grandmother’s week series) I spent several days with this Wodaabe grandmother, who stayed alone ...

CLIMATE CHANGE AND MOTHERHOOD: (first in grandmother’s week series) During this period of celebrating mothers, I want to also honor ...

TIRELESSLY WORKING: (fourth in the mother's day series) This photo of a Wodaabe mother repairing clothes while accompanied by her ...

THE CHILD MOTHER: (third in mother's day series) I met this beautiful young Wodaabe mother during my latest travels to ...

BREASTFEEDING BEFORE ELOPING: (2nd in mother's day series) Woodabe Fulani mother, named Kourgil, is nursing her baby while she awaits ...

Happy Mother's Day (celebrated today in the USA). This photo, of a young mother from the village of Wartidene, works ...