Face Painting

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In the tribal areas of southern Ethiopia, photography is pay for play. Kids expect to receive 5 Birr per photo (about 20 cents US) and adults expect 10 Birr. Facial painting is done in order to attract more photographers. Here’s a photo taken when one youngster was having her face painted. I converted this to BW since it was taken near Noon in harsh light. I framed it tight to eliminate a distracting background.
Both were paid the requisite amount.

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Any pertinent technical details:

Olympus E-M1.2 and 25 mm lens at 1/6400, f/2.8 and ISO 1250.

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Fine cultural image, very effective in B&W too. I am finding the hand a bit dominant, but not much you could do about that. The model rates sure are reasonable! :slight_smile:

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Richard, Great story and ditto to Harley’s comments. Very effective.

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B&W is the perfect choice. I like the way she is looking at the camera.