omo valley

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] The Hamar women, with their glistening red ochre skin, red ochre braided hair, multi coloured beaded necklaces, leather skirts, iron and copper bracelets and dazzling white smiles, are truly wonderful to spend time with and photograph. The men, muscled, weathered and well armed, emanate a mix of refined dignity and warrior awe. I … Read more

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Welcome to our guest photo gallery, featuring a stunning collection of artworks created by Simona Doyle during the ORYX Photo Tour through Ethiopia’s Omo Valley. This unique region is home to some of the most remote and culturally rich tribes in Africa, whose traditional ways of life are rapidly changing in the face of modernization … Read more

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A lifetime of family, friends and easy laughter shines through her eyes, in stark contrast to the lifetime fraught with conflict, drought and famine that is deeply etched in the creases that line her face. Her braided hair and leathery skin shine with a fresh treatment of ochre and animal fat, that concoction that … Read more