Winner of the 1995 European Publishers Award for Photography This beautiful book looks at the lives of women in Ethiopia and Mauritania and is an extraordinary and intimate study of a way of life which appears far removed from the twentieth century. A powerful combination of portraiture and documentary, it projects a wonderful sense of ease, and the unmistakable dignity and self-confidence of the women and their inner strength.
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Winner of the 1995 European Publishers Award for Photography This beautiful book looks at the lives of women in Ethiopia and Mauritania and is an extraordinary and intimate study of a way of life which appears far removed from the twentieth century. A powerful combination of portraiture and documentary, it projects a wonderful sense of ease, and the unmistakable dignity and self-confidence of the women and their inner strength.