Bunna
Here’s a couple more images from the Alduba area (with the Bunna people.) They are so rich with tradition and culture it’s amazing to try to take it all in. They are very hospitable, so much that we had many meals a day inside little huts because they insisted to feed us in celebration of the Easter holiday. The following two photographs were shot in the midst of our Easter celebration-meal, when the family of this mother and child invited into their home.
This child hung on the mother the entire time we were in the hut… dependent on her, almost part of her.
Tomorrow (at 5AM) I hop on a bus for an all-day (possibly 12 hours) solo bus ride to Gondar to see Lane Davis. Lane is a stellar photographer in Gondar right now working on a project called To Tell a Story (www.totellastory.org) check it out!
I’ll be documenting this adventure up north and really don’t know what to expect! All I know is the bus was much cheaper than the flight, I’ll be crossing the Nile River in a bus and I speak zero Amharic. I can just hear my Dad… ”Son, why would you do that?”
TK McKamy, who was with me on the trip has started posted some stuff so check it out at http://www.tkmckamy.com/blog!
I don’t expect to have internet til I begin my journey home the 19th! Checking out til the 20th… hope you are all well -



Son, why would you do that?
That first shot is gorgeous!
Just came over from your interview with Heber Vega. Thanks for doing that piece… generous, encouraging + informative.
Look forward to following your journey… when you have internet access
Austin Reply:
June 2nd, 2010 at 12:30 am
glad you enjoyed Erin! Thanks for the comment.