In January, I went to Ethiopia to visit and photograph the tribes in the Omo Valley.
This is about the Desanech Tribe, near the Kenya border.
To get there we had to cross the Omo River in dugout canoes.
When we arrived to the other side, village boys were playing.
The village has no water supply, no electricity and the people still wear traditional dress.
This woman is carrying a water jug on her head. Her house is in the background.
The people get creative with their personal adornment.
These girls are using bottle tops.
This child has a watch band as decoration.
This village is very remote, no shops nearby, so almost everything is made by hand. Below is a village elder making a milk container.
There are no clinics nearby, so injuries, such as the bite on the boy below, are cured using natural remedies.
In college and graduate school I studied Cultural Anthropology so this trip was an amazing adventure for me, to actually visit tribes I had read about in school. The trip has also inspired my art work. I have already created a photo book of the different tribes I visited and am now working on incorporating my photos into my art.
My art can be seen at www.caroljacobsen.com (disclaimer: I now blog my newer paintings as it's easier than updating my website!!)
There also is a small section in each market where they sell hand crafted items or items they no longer use to the few tourists that come to these markets.
I bought the tortise cow bell from this vendor.
