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This woman I met on Peruvian Andes was so poor she didn’t even own the sheep she was guarding that day.

Photo taken at Monte Roraima

The region on Mount Roraima, between Venezuela, Brazil and Guyan, is one of most preserved in the world. That’s because natives still have a profound reverence toward nature.

Photo taken at Opuwo

A 12-years old Himba girl in the Opuwo region in Northern Namibia. This tribe is struggling to keep its primitive way of life with the climate and economical changes going on in the country.

Photo taken at Lençóis Maranhenses

The water in Lençois communicates by underground channels. This lets some small fishes find their way to the sweet water lagoons, those keeping local fishermen busy during dry season.

Photo taken at Baixa Grande

Lençóis Maranhenses are a faux-desert in the North-East of Brazil. The rainy season ends up filling the spaces between the bright sand dunes, those creating sweet water lagoons. Right now this unique landscape is being reached by an oil spill that happened off the coast of the country.

Photo taken at Whakatane, New Zealand

“When I decided to do my Tā moko I wanted it to be exactly the one wore by my ancestors, so that it could tell about who I am as a Maori instead of just being a scribble on my chin
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