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Angami Basket Makers - Nagaland

April 29, 2016 Laura Read

I love photographing people who are making things, and I love how people make things with pieces of plants - such as baskets, nets and hats. In Nagaland, India, the men weave the baskets and other tools, and the women weave the clothing. The Angami tribe, which I visited in Touphema, Nagaland have a coop in which they create utilitarian baskets for gathering crops, hunting, and doing chores around home.

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Tags Naga, Nagaland, India, Asia, travel, baskets, weaving, weavers

A Warrior Grins - Nagaland

April 28, 2016 Laura Read

I love the expression on this warrior-performer's face in Touphema, Nagaland, a remote region of India. He's wearing Sekrenyi Festival regalia used to celebrate virility, harvest and good fortune. Many people of these hilltop villages in the Eastern Himalaya speak English....

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Tags Nagaland, India, travel, Asia, Sekrenyi Festival, Angami Tribe, Naga, festival

First Shot - Touphema, Nagaland

April 27, 2016 Laura Read
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One of my photography teachers, the great Norman Mauskopf, told me to begin my editing sessions by taking a close look at the first shot captured in any sequence of candid photography. "The first shot is almost always the best," he said. "Inspect your work and see if it's true."

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Tags Naga, Nagaland, India, Asia, travel, Touphema, Joanne Neft, Mongolian

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