PROUD WOMAN OF THE OMO VALLEY
The project “Proud Woman of the Omo Valley” was taken inside a Suri tribe in the Omo Valley in Southern Ethiopia. The models were not dressed, simply recorded as is. No artificial lighting was in use. The pictures were taken within a dark tent with the light coming in from the entrance of the tent.
Yoni Blau
In the Omo Valley, it feels as if time has no meaning. Days, months, seasons, and years are irrelevant in this timeless corner of the world.
The same goes for the concept of money or the modern angst that comes with the intellectual pursuit of the meaning of life and death. There, it’s about life’s essentials. It’s about freedom and the bare necessities. About being satisfied, joyful, and surrounded by loved ones.
Blau tried capturing the essence of what it means to be “stuck in time” which makes you keep wondering whether they were left behind or whether the modern world is the one who made the wrong turn.
This project taken in Dec 2019 feels more current than ever, especially in times like these with the COVID-19 global health crisis and the economic downturn, when we all got to spend some alone time and got back in touch with our most basic human needs.
Yoni Blau, International award-winning photographer. Gold List award photographer, Chosen as Top Contemporary Artists of Today by Art Market Magazine, his work has been featured in international art and photography magazines, including Lens Magazine, Art Market Gold List #2, F-Stop Magazine, and Digital Camera World.
I am just a regular guy who loves taking photographs of interesting places and cultures. I was fortunate enough to be able to spend the right amount of time traveling, and I genuinely wish I will be able to keep on exploring this beautiful planet of ours. I live in Israel with my wife and three kids, and I’m always on the watch for my next adventure.
– Yoni Blau
I solely rely on my Fujifilm gear for my projects. Except for the Ethiopia album, which was taken with the GFX 50R, the rest of the pictures currently on the site were taken with either the X100 or the X100S with a fixed 23mm lens (35mm full-frame equivalent). I also own the X-T2 and a variety of lenses, which I use to take pictures of my kids.
WEBSITE: www.yoniblau.com
INSTAGRAM: @yoni_blau_photography
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