honorable mention
Emiliano Pinnizzotto italyPhoto © Emiliano Pinnizzotto
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Yaowang
Portrait in her hut in the village of Hongpoi, at the border with Myanmar, with the typical "Dao", their inseparable knife, is one of the last witnesses of a cultural tradition that will probably disappear in the next 10 years. are very few the Konyak remained tattooed in face, guardian of the head hunter's days, when this hunters and warriors, in clashes between tribes and villages, beheaded their enemies and carried away their heads as trophies of war
I started to taking pictures since as a child. Around 16 years old i began to direct my passion toward photo-reportage
especially in social, anthropology, and travel photography. i really like the traditional and spiritual aspect of different
people and culture that i meet in journey. I always use the natural light present in the place when i take pictures and for
the digital postproduction i use only the techniques similar at those possible in the "darkroom".
I use both digital and analogic film reflex camera.
I have published my images in several newspaper and magazine in italy, and some images in Photographic Book edited
by Graffiti Press Agency which i collaborate from some years.
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entry description
Yaowang, 94 years, of the Tribe 'of Konyak. One of the last "Head Hunters", from Nagaland, a remote region in the north east of India.Portrait in her hut in the village of Hongpoi, at the border with Myanmar, with the typical "Dao", their inseparable knife, is one of the last witnesses of a cultural tradition that will probably disappear in the next 10 years. are very few the Konyak remained tattooed in face, guardian of the head hunter's days, when this hunters and warriors, in clashes between tribes and villages, beheaded their enemies and carried away their heads as trophies of war
about the photographer
was born in Rome on 25 June 1983.I started to taking pictures since as a child. Around 16 years old i began to direct my passion toward photo-reportage
especially in social, anthropology, and travel photography. i really like the traditional and spiritual aspect of different
people and culture that i meet in journey. I always use the natural light present in the place when i take pictures and for
the digital postproduction i use only the techniques similar at those possible in the "darkroom".
I use both digital and analogic film reflex camera.
I have published my images in several newspaper and magazine in italy, and some images in Photographic Book edited
by Graffiti Press Agency which i collaborate from some years.
back to gallery