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My name is Lionel. I'm a photographer discovering our beautiful planet earth
Arbore girl
The Arbore are pastoralists. They are distributed in only 4 villages in South Omo Valley. This young girl was taken at the dark entrance of a hut.
Sunset over Bagan
The sunset over Bagan old city is an enchantment with its hot-air balloons sailing through the pagodas. Photo taken from Shwesandaw pagoda.
Gaze in a white crowd
During religious events, Ethiopian orthodox wear the habesha kemis, a white tissue that symbolizes purity and innocence.
Old indonesian man
In front of his small hut, this old man was living inside the Tanjung Puting National Park.
God is in the air
Thousands of pilgrims, draped in white gowns, gather around the 13th century rock-hewn churches for an evening of celebration, reflection, and reverence.
Mundari story
Cows are everything for the Mundari people. They massage them twice a day, collect their dung to make fires that produce very fine ashes that are reused as sun protection and insect repellent. The fires are also used to keep them warm during the night. No waist, all is reused.
Eastern lowland subadult gorilla
Only 250 eastern lowland gorillas are left, and most of them are in Kahuzi-Biega National Park.
Dupa boy
Massaï walking to the dry lake Manyara
Massaï wear a red robe, called shuka, which symbolizes their culture and it is supposed to scare away the lions.
Nuer young boy
Nuer tribe live in the West of Ethiopia (Gambella Region) as well as in South Sudan. They are the second largest ethnic group in South Sudan.
Two colorful beauties
If you are not epileptic and want an explosion of colours, go to Harar in Ethiopia... or Desigual
Elephant fight in Serengeti
Male elephants can be quite sociable when not competing for dominance or mates.
Khoisan
Khoisan Tribe (formerly called Bushmen) suffered a lot from the war and only a few hundred left remains in Angola.