honorable mention
SERGIO GALAN SANCHIS spain
title
Blood
In the series, I went with a Hamer family to join this ancestral practice.
Picture 1. The Hamer family gathers in the cow pen with first lights of the day. They select a cow and while two men grab the animal another shoots the neck.
Picture 2. As they have failed the first attempt, there is a change in roles. So another man loads an arrow in the bow and targets the neck. This is the very moment when the new archer releases the arrow.
Picture 3. After several attempts, finally they succeed. This is the moment when the right shot has injured the neck and the blood starts to pour.
Picture 4. They collect the pouring blood into a vessel.
Picture 5. After mixed with milk they drink the warm blood.
This series was taken in September 2019.
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entry description
The Hamer are an ethnic community inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia, in the territory east of the Omo Valley, and have villages in Turmi and Dimeka. Just as for the other tribes in the valley, cattle and goats are at the heart of Hamer life. Often families put their livestock together and work to graze their livestock together. In the dry season, entire families go to live in the grazing fields with their herds, where they survive on the milk and blood of livestock.In the series, I went with a Hamer family to join this ancestral practice.
Picture 1. The Hamer family gathers in the cow pen with first lights of the day. They select a cow and while two men grab the animal another shoots the neck.
Picture 2. As they have failed the first attempt, there is a change in roles. So another man loads an arrow in the bow and targets the neck. This is the very moment when the new archer releases the arrow.
Picture 3. After several attempts, finally they succeed. This is the moment when the right shot has injured the neck and the blood starts to pour.
Picture 4. They collect the pouring blood into a vessel.
Picture 5. After mixed with milk they drink the warm blood.
This series was taken in September 2019.
about the photographer
I'm a passionated traveler. I try to catch what amazes me in my photographs and writtings.back to gallery