Dani tribe is the indigenous people that inhabit the fertile lands of
the Baliem Valley in West Papua, New Guinea. The members of this
tribe cut off their fingers as a way of displaying their grief at
funeral ceremonies. They will cut off their hand’s fingers to
express love to someone they love very much. When a person in
Dani’s tribe passed away, his relative like wife or husband cut off
his hand finger and bury together with the dead body of her
husband or wife, as a symbol of love to her husband or wife.
Diversity of cultures is the differences that exist between factors around the world and my big passion is to travel in remote areas to meet the most unique and diverse people. There are traditions and cultures that have survived for thousand of years and now, in one generation everything can disappear. I feel lucky that I can be one of the person which can still see and experience these diversity.
Awards 2015 – IPA Int’l photographer’s (ONE SHOT): Honorable Mentions ” Pujia”
2015 – FiiPA: 2nd Place - Portrait – “Inked Faces-YagYang”
2015 – FiiPA: 3rd Place - Portrait – “Inked Faces-Khongyam”
2014 – Golden Camera: 2nd Place - Portrait – “Tibetan Spirit”
2014 – National Geographic photo contest: Honorable Mention – Portrait – “Biltigiri”
2014 – National Geographic China: top 60 on 196000 - Portrait – “Pygmies”
2014 – MIFA: Honorable Mention – Portrait – “Seda”
2014 – IPA Int’l photographer’s: 1st Place ” Binding Foot ” – category Special
2014 – IPA Int’l photographer’s: 3rd Place ” Tibetan Spirit ” – category Portrait
2014 – IPA Int’l photographer’s: Honorable Mentions ” Indigenous Bambuti Pygmy “
2014 – IPA Int’l photographer’s: Honorable Mentions ” Binding Foot “
2014 – IPA Int’l photographer’s: Honorable Mentions ” Tibetan Spirit “
2014 – The Children Of The World: Participant Price ” Pygmies”
2014 – Better Photography: Silver Award – Emotive Portrait “RamRam”
2014 – Better Photography: Merit Award – Emotive Portrait Category “Seda” & “Pygmies”
2014 – Shoot the face February: Finalist
2014 – IPA Int’l photographer’s: Honorable Mentions ” Deep Kumbh “
2014 – The Centre for Fine Art Photography: Juror’s Honorable Mentions
2013 – American Aperture Awards: 1st place Photographer of the year
2013 – Photographer’s FORUM: Finalist
2013 – IPA Int’l photography awards: Honorable Mention
2013 – Shoot the face May: Finalist
2013 – Premio Celeste: Selected Pictures
2013 – International loupe Awards: Bronze Award
2013 – Shoot the face November: Finalist
